708 



SPAIN*. 



LIDOS Salvador: Mini-terof the In: 

 A. \ guih 

 meroe, and PuMi- \\ rks, M. Minis. 



olonies, Seflor Becerra. v 

 was afterwnnl succeeded 



^AorMoret resigned het,...kt!, 

 reign Affairs. Seflor Maura became 



Salvador ; 

 a?i 1 > :V-r Ca|dep. i M 



.1 retired from th,- Mini-try 

 of the Colonies, being succeeded by Seflor Aku 

 xu za. 



n has an area of 197,670 square miles. 



with a population at the last census (1887) of 



net emigration in 1892 was 



v directed to |lra/.il. the Argent inr 



lie, and I 



I iiianCPH. The budget for the financial year 

 1894-*95 estiimr venue at 



pesetas, or francs, of which -J'.M.U. :.};:', fiesetas 

 are the product of direct laxe- ,.n land, mines. 

 11. 'lit salaries, registration, ,<.; >!.- 

 ;;- o i pel tai afi raised by customs and in- 

 ternal-revenue taxes: <KX) pesetas are 

 i from stamps and (iovcrnment monopo- 

 lies; 22.124.880 pesetas are the receipts from 

 il projNTty: and 1!).470,000 pesetas come 

 from the public treasurv. The ex|K?nses are es- 

 l as follow: Civil li-t. Ji.WOOO pesetas; 

 Ix'gi!*!.! .';..">sr, : public debt, 809^1 



: judiciary, 



:l : pre-id.-ncy of the Council of Minis- 



; Mini-try of |-',,reiu'ii AlFairs. : 



TV of (trace and .lu-tiee. 5'J,G!< ..">-. 1 ; 



py of \V ;1 - Ministry of Ma- 



f Pul.lic Works and 



Instruction. 7.!7i.**:{ ; Ministry of the 

 . h>4,554; Ministry of Finance. 1 I.- 

 896^68; expenses of collect ion, 

 naodo Po, 655.000 pesetas; total revenue 

 tlMMpMta* 



16 revenue was estimated in the 

 budget at 758,500,000 pesetas and expenditure 



i-ul.lie debt on .Ian. .nnted to 



5,962,048,090 pesetas, made up a.s follows: i>, , 

 I -M uft 1 external 1 



1^71.157.000 pes4-ta- : jM-r|M-tual internal del,:. 

 |iaying 4 per cent :im.r- 



tizable d.-l.t. paying 4 | : . ' 



pesetas; due oa publk works. 562,000 pesetas; 

 doe on public ronds. 252,000 pesetas; m 

 due to employees, 1.342.640 pesetas. There are, 

 besides, a debt of 3.000,000 pesetas owe,| to the 

 i States debts in favor of r..rpo rat ions 

 and the clergy amounting to : 

 Us. a floating debt KXJ pesetas, and 



tiirCuUn 



Th 'i %. rnrnent rain<-d money in Spain for 

 tha Cuban . ting Cuban 



i' i in < .n arrange- 



t with Paris and hutch I. ankers for a loan 

 { tteiirity of 75.000.000 fr. 



IratloBt,^ i in 1898 



125.000 internal 

 



iiro po^ul cards, 47,098.000 internal 

 foreign newspaper*, c-irvular*. and 

 Ma ajd mooey letters mint ting 170,6'.' 

 Ma* The pn4-office r- 4 2:},882 :J01 



fnuMi and eipeo*. 11^5^56 francs. ^^ 



< ommerrr. The value ,.f the eomm, 



A ith the dilTcivnt forei-n com 

 en. in |>--cia-. in the folld\\in^ tal'le: 



of the imports and their value- \\vre: 

 lTs 7!i..V17.(MH; cotton. 

 49,420,000; timber, 

 (XX); col fish, 24,864,000: nmehin.-r\ . 

 chemical-. 1 V,:;.IMM> : jr<>n, I. . sh 



: hides and >kin-, 15 



i'0: wool. |:i.:i.J(;.(HK); 

 K) : linen yarn. 11. li.; 



:.(KK); woolens. 10,287,000; raw -ilk. MM,. 

 000; petrol,.jim, s.:M)7,000 pes. ,,:-, 



of the principal export- were: \\"iiit 

 lead, :.}.'. U '.(><: i; cottona 



"I; ,,|i\ ( . ,,il. V 



000; boots and 5,810,000; .,,,),. -,;;. 101.. 



000: raisins. L6 oranges, i ir>. 



'>.0(Kl: animal- : ahnonw 



-.<)(>(>: (juicksih -.us',).. 



000; skins, 8,015,000 



Navigation. During I- *4B 



Spanish stt-amers. of :,.:;iiU71 ton 

 .i-n strainn-s. of .'..(iTl .J'.C, toi; Spanish 



sailing vessels, of 171 ,095 tons; and I. 

 -ailing veel-. of :;n::. |:;| \,,\^ mtrrcd at Sp2 

 ish ports; in all ir..r- 



.JL r II eommeree. of tl, te I. Ill-del, 



nil. l!i* tons. The i.,tal inimlM-r - 

 the total tonna:;.- 11.11 I. 1 

 The merchant navy on .Ian. I. 

 : -ailinir Vessels, of 



1 ' . : 



The Army. The law of Issr, ,,inde n 

 -erviee obligatory for t\v. -i 



of nine?, .-n. of which period th' >f sen* 



Hve army are legally re|iiin-<l. 

 M\cinption can ! bought for 1 is, aid 



substitution i- allow, l.rothi-r-. 



annual cotit inir'-nt. which \\n^ I > i, I!'." 1 



:< ration of the laV 

 l-'.'l to 90,000 m'en. Th( 

 1895 was returned as follows: ' 



;.d^ 



officers and -1">.' 

 and i:{.i:!!i men: artill.-rv. ' 



men ; 



' 



len. with i 

 and mules and 8 The war - 



16 men. with 14/J.Vi hones and mu 

 590 gun x. The army oil! 

 the maintenance of s-j.OOO troops in 

 13.000 in Cuba. ll.OfKl in the Philippii 

 7,000 in Puerto Rico. The mil. 



