1875.] 



oZd [Delmar. 



Daily Agricultural Wages, with Food, 1870-1. 



Asturias 



Majorca 



Minorca 



' ' harvest, long hours. 



Guipuzcoa * 



Biscay* 



Andalusia 



Murcia 



Men. 



..@12i 

 .. @10 

 .. @ 15 

 36 @ 45 

 12@16 

 .. @20 

 .. @20 

 .. @14 



From these tables it would appear that in some places probably 

 throughout Spain, wages continued, from the close of the last century to 

 about the year 1855, without material change ; but that since the last 

 named date they have doubled. Whether this is due to the great 

 ameliorations set on foot at that time in Spain, or to other causes cannot 

 be determined in this place. 



Emigration. 



During the years 1840 and 1841, at least 20,000 agricultural laborers 

 left Valencia for Algiers. {Macgregor, 1015.) The immigration into the 

 Argentine Republic (Buenos Ayi-es), which up to year 1862 was less 

 than 7,000 persons a year, rose to between 10.000, and 12,000 persons in 

 1863 and 1864, and to over 40,000 persons in 1870. About 15 per cent, of 

 of these persons in 1864 and 1870 were from Spain. {Private information.) 

 There are now nearly forty agricultural colonies in the Republic. Of 

 these, twenty have been formed since 1870. Many of the agriculturists 

 are from Spain. The immigration of Spaniards into the United States, 

 from 1820 up to and including 1870, was 23,504, and since 1870 has been 

 as follows : 



1871 558 ^ 1873 546 



1872 595 1874, about 500 



Large numbers of Spanish emigrants go to Cuba and South America, 

 whence a few afterwards find their way to this country. In 1870, there 

 were 3,764 natives of Spain residing in the United States, 



I know of no statistics which show the total emigration outward from 

 Spain, but it must be considerable. In Galicia and Asturias it is reckoned 

 at 60,000 to 70,000 per annum, or 2^ per cent, of the population. (L. T., 

 20). One half of those from Asturias go to Spanish colonies. {Ibid, 

 24.) From Murcia 1,000 persons a month during six months of the sum- 

 mer and fall of 1869, went to Oran, coast of Africa. {Ibid, 28.) In the 

 Balearic Isles emigration is not common, and the military conscription the 

 principal cause. {Ibid, 32.) From Guipuzcoa there is a considerable 

 emigration mainly to South America. The emigrants go chiefly by way 

 of France. Cause, want of work. {Ibid, 38,39.) From Biscay a large 



* Guipuzcoa ; boys $20@$30 a year, with iood and lodging. Biscay, $15 a year, game. 

 A. P. S. — YOL. XIV. 2p 



