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the products obtained at the manufactory of Las Navas 

 the conditions under which they are obtained in the two 

 provinces in which they are situated being similar to that 

 of Avila ; and we may feel ourselves at liberty to make 

 use of these data in discussing the competency of our home 

 products to compete in our markets with products imported 

 from abroad. Adverting then to the proximity of France 

 to Barcelona, the first market in Spain for this class of 

 produce, we find in the following tabulated accounts the 

 disadvantages under which the Spaniards labour: 



SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE. 



FRENCH PRODUCE. 



Pes. Cent. 



Actual cost in Dax, ..... - 44 



Transport to Cette, -2-20 



Transport from Cette to Barcelona, ..... 1 70 



Duty. .......... 10 



Cost in Barcelona of 500 Kilogrammes, .... 57 90 

 SPANISH 



7V.v. Cent. 



Cost in Arevalo, Las Navas. or Valladolid, ... 57 50 



Transport to Barcelona at Kail way Rates, 7 75 



Cost in Barcelona of 500 Kilogrammes, .... 6525 



COLOFONIA OR RESIN, No. 1, 



FRENCH PRODUCE. 



Pes. Cent. 

 Actual Cost in Dax, ........ 1450 



Transport to Cette, ........ 1 90 



Transport from Cette to Barcelona, ..... 1 70 



Duty, 025 



Cost in Barcelona of 500 Kilogrammes, ... . 13 35 

 SPANISH PRODUCE. 



Pest. Cent. 



Cost in Arevalo, Las Navas, or Valladolid, - - 18 _ 75 



Transport to Barcelona at Railway Rates, 675 



Cost in Barcelona of 500 Kilogrammes, . 25 _ 50 



