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The principal imports and their values were as 

 follows : Cotton, 69,773,000 pesetas; sugar, 45,- 

 79 l.iMK) pesetas ; coal, 44.660,000 pesetas ; woods, 

 44,512,000 pesetas ; machinery, 41,088,000 pese- 

 tas ; iron, 33.890.000 pesetas ; tobacco, 33,622,- 

 000 pesetas ; codfish, 29.864,000 pesetas ; wheat, 

 J'.i.o:>i).000 pesetas ; spirits, 26,084,000 pesetas; 

 chemicals, 22,776,000 pesetas ; woolen goods, 22,- 

 449,000 pesetas ; hides and skins, 16.721,000 pese- 

 tas ; cacao, 14,848,000 pesetas ; linen thread, 13,- 

 6! ) 7, 000 pesetas; cotton goods, 11, 579,000 pesetas; 

 petroleum, 11,145,000 pesetas; animals, 10,456,- 

 000 pesetas ; silk manufactures, 9,580,000 pesetas. 

 The values of the principal exports were as fol- 

 lows : Wine, 309,965.000 pesetas; lead, (56,744,- 

 000 pesetas; iron, 62,797,000 pesetas ; copper, 

 55,052,000 pesetas ; dried raisins, 28,457,000 pese- 

 tas; cork, 23,852,000 pesetas ; oranges, 18,265,000 

 pesetas ; animals, 18,220,000 pesetas ; boots and 

 shoes, 17,379,000 pesetas ; olive oil, 13,154,000 

 pesetas; raisins, 11,903.000 pesetas ; flour, 10,- 

 158,000 pesetas ; hides, 9,643,000 pesetas. 



Navigation. The total number .of vessels 

 entered at Spanish ports in 1891 was 19,248, of 

 11,646,232 tons. Of thisnurnber 6,341 vessels, of 

 4,912,271 tons, were Spanish steamers ; 7,718, of 

 5.989,442 tons, foreign steamers ; 2,655, of 181,- 

 400 tons, Spanish sailing vessels ; and 2,534, of 

 5(i3.119 tons, foreign sailing vessels. The total 

 number of vessels cleared was 18,202, of 11,843,- 

 018 tons. Of this number 5,969, of 5,142,795 

 tons, were Spanish steamers ; 8,071, of 6,069,426 

 tons, foreign steamers; 2,134, of 205,554 tons, 

 Spanish sailing vessels ; and 2,028, of 425,243 

 tons, foreign sailing vessels. 



Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs. The 

 total length of railroads at the end of 1889 was 

 c .|,;? I kilometers. The post-office in 1890 for- 

 warded 99,751,000 letters, 918,000 postal cards, 

 34,728,000 pieces of printed matter, and 91,000 

 money letters of the declared value of 119.875,- 

 000 francs, through the internal service; 12,522,- 

 000 letters, 221.000 postal cards, 16,088,000 

 pieces of printed matter, and 25,000 money let- 

 ters of the declared value of 31,587,000 francs, 

 through the external service ; and 122,000 letters, 

 2,000 postal cards, and 52,000 pieces of printed 

 matter, through in transit. The receipts were 

 22,315,773 francs, and the expenses 12,178,588 

 francs. 



Thf total length of telegraph lines in 1890 was 

 25,257 kilometers, with a length of wire of 

 55,920 kilometers. The internal department 

 dispatched 3,191,428 messages, and the inter- 

 national department 1,098,388, while 147,402 



were service dispatches. The receipt* were 

 6,190,973 pesetas, and the expenses 6,888,156 

 pesetas. 



Anarchist Disturbance*. On the night of 

 Jan. 8, 1892, a large force of anarchists forced 

 the gates of Xeres. overpowered the police, and 

 put themselves in possession of the town. When 

 the troops arrived on the scene a fierce fight en- 

 sued, in which a number of soldiers and revellers 

 were killed, and which ended in the; retreat of 

 the anarchists. A large number of persons was 

 arrested and tried ; four anarchists were found 



Suilty of participation in the riots, sentenced to 

 eath, and executed on Feb. 10. 1892. 

 A plot was discovered on April 4, 1892, which 

 had for its object the destruction of the Congress 

 House as well as the Royal Palace. Two 

 foreigners were arrested while they were entering 

 the former building, and when they were exam- 

 ined at the police station two bombs were found 

 on their persons, which, according to subsequent 

 examination, were sufficient to destroy any 

 building. About the same time a number of 

 explosions took place in Madrid, Bilbao, and 

 other places, with the result that most of the 

 leaders of the anarchists were arrested. Amongst 

 those arrested was a Spaniard named Mufioz, 

 who, on being confronted with Deboche and 

 Perreira, the two foreigners charged with the 

 intention of blowing up the Chamber of Depu- 

 ties, admitted that he was the leader of the move- 

 ment, that their intention was to destroy the 

 Chamber of Deputies, the Senate, and the Royal 

 Palace, and that Deboche and Ferreira had been 

 designated by lot to put the plan into execution. 

 The offenders were sentenced to imprisonment, 

 the law not permitting capital punishment in 

 such cases. 



Labor Troubles and Riots. Ever since the 

 May-day demonstrations of 1891 discontent has 

 prevailed among the miners of the Bilbao dis- 

 trict, which finally culminated in a strike of the 

 miners for shorter hours and higher wages in 

 January, 1892. The strikers paraded the streets 

 of the mining villages and forced those unwilling 

 to quit work to join them, and they destroyed the 

 pits, tore up the rails along the railroad lines, 

 and cut the telegraph wires to prevent the 

 authorities from sending for aid. Numerous 

 encounters with the gendarmerie took place, in 

 which the latter were usually overpowered and 

 forced to retreat. All work in the mines was 

 suspended, and general anarchy prevailed. The 

 gendarmerie being unable to cope with the 

 rioters, military forces were sent for, and on Jan. 

 27 General Loma arrived with three battalions 

 of infantry, several guns, and a detachment of 

 lancers. A state of siege was proclaimed and 

 the whole mining district occupied by troops. 

 The arrival of troops had a quieting effect upon 

 the strikers, and work was resumed in the mines 

 under military protection. Quiet was restored 

 by Feb. 16, and the troops were withdrawn, the 

 miners returning to work at the former terms. 



On June 8, 1^.12, a riot occurred in Barcelona. 

 The conflict originated in a movement among the 

 workingmen for shorter hours and an increase of 

 pay. The refusal of the masters to grant these 

 demands led to a strike which gradually grew 

 in proportion until finally thousands of working- 

 men were out of employment. A meeting of the 



