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[Jan. 15, 



Commerce. 

 As increase of commerce is far from being a necessary indication of 

 increase of wealth, I do not offer as evidence of progress in Spain the 

 increase which has lately taken place in her commerce, both foreign and 

 domestic. Bnt as I wish to show the character of her foreign commerce, 

 particularly the exports, and still more particularly the exports of agri- 

 cultural produce, I herewith append a complete table of the exports of 

 1872, and such other statistics on the subject as will tend to show the 

 nature and extent of the agricultural and mineral produ.cts of Spain. 

 Table Shoioing the Quantities of the Principal Articles Entered for Expor- 

 tation at the Custom-Houses of Spain (including the Balearic Isles) 

 during the Calendar Year 1872. 



Principal Articles, 



Olive oil, pounds 



Spirits (aguardiente), gallons.. 



Preserved food, pounds 



Corks: manufactured. M 



in slab's, lbs 



in pieces, lbs 



Esparto : crude, lbs 



manufactured, lbs 



Spices : anise, lbs 



saffron, lbs 



ovxmin, lbs 



pepper, ground, lbs 



Dry Fruits: almonds, lbs 



bazel-nuts, lbs 



peanuts, lbs 



raisins, lbs 



all other, lbs 



Freeh Fruits : lemons, lbs 



oranges, M 



grapes, lbs 



all other, lbs 



Cattle, number 



Grain: Canary seed, lbs 



rice, lbs 



oats, lbs 



barley, lbs 



rye, lbs 



wheat, lbs 



Quantities. 



Principal Articles. 



42,187,505 



1,552,367 



4,673,055 



1,015,312 



3,212,532 



1,248,643 



104,789,203 



6,201,923 



1,379,697 



174,900 



458,858 



846,270 



8,229,437 



12,257,698 



4,278,446! 



110,471,456' 



10,190,7151 



15,847,2361 



547,400 f 



9,620,080 



2,485,767i 



246,946 



977,051 



10,934,605 



3,472,341 



11,862,480 



6,394,923 



113,809,762 



Wheat flour, lbs 



Soap, lbs 



Wool, raw, lbs 



Legumes : carob beans, lbs 



garbanzos, lbs 



beans, lbs 



French beans, lbs. 



Metals: quicksilver, lbs 



copper, ingots, lbs.. . 



iron, lbs 



lead, lbs 



Ores: zinc, lbs 



copper, lbs 



iron, lbs 



other, lbs 



Paper, lbs 



Soup pastry (maccaroni, 



etc.), lbs 



Licorice : root, lbs 



extract and paste,lbs 



Salt, lbs 



Silk, raw, lbs 



Wines : white, gal's 



common, gal's 



do. of Catalonia, gal's 

 sherry and port, gal's 



Malaga, gal's 



other sweet, gal's 



Quantities. 



10', 379,672 



10,460,624 



9,708,472 



16,881,755 



7,576 205 



646,672 



1,338,113 



4,180,946 



780,960 



12,476,053 



207,701,747 



73,596,800 



584,987.900 



1,578,831,800 



105,015,984 



4,304,582 



5,139,497 



13,719 741 



1,604,931 



328,908,136 



309,661 



1,250,200 



24 564,700 



2,645,400 



9,120,400 



567,000 



43,000 



The most valuable articles of export at the present time are, 1. Wines; 

 2. Metals and oi^es ; 3. Fruits ; 4. Breadstuffs : 5. Oil ; 6. Cork ; 7. Cat- 

 tle ; 8. Salt ; 9. Wool ; 10. Esparto ; 11. Silk ; and 12. Spirits ; and 

 generally in the oi'der named. 



Wines. — The exi^ort of wine consists chiefly of sherries, which had 

 usually amounted to some 8,000,000 or 10,000,000 gallons per annum, but 

 in 1873 rose to 15,000,000 gallons, and of common red wines, which had 

 usually amounted to some 25,000,000 gallons per annum, but in 1873 rose 

 to 40,000,000 gallons. The following remarks on these two classes of 

 wine will doubtless be read with interest : 



About one-fifth of the entire shipments of so-called sherry wine 

 from the Cadiz district consists of low and spurious compounds mixed in 

 Spain, and worth in Cadiz from $50 to |100 per butt of 30 arrobas, say, net, 

 100 gallons. About two-fifths consist of ordinary sherry, worth from 



