Delmar.] 



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siderable proportion of the so-called French claret wines, mostly the 

 lower grades, are compounds, made of Spanish wines, imported chiefly 

 at Cette. These wines are mixed with water, cheap spirits, a purple-col- 

 or'ng matter, and some other substances. They are then bottled, labeled 

 with high sounding names and exported to all parts of the world as Bor- 

 deaux wines. In many cases the adulteration is carried so far that there 

 is scarcely a trace of wine in the mixture, and what there is of it is the 

 common vino Unto of Spain, worth about 22 to 23 cents a gallon in that 

 country. (The total value of the 37,262,126 gallons of this class of wine 

 exported from Spain in 1878 was $8,467,785.) 



The following table shows the quantities of wines exported from the 

 Peninsula of Spain and the Baleaxic Isles during the years 1872 and 1873 : 



Exportation^, of Domestic Wines from Spain in the Calendar Tears 1872 

 and 1873, respectively. 



Class of Wines. 



White wines 



Common wines 



Ditto of Catalonia 



Jerez (sherry) wines . . . , 



Malaga wines 



Ricii wines (generosos) from various parts 



Total.... 



Breadstuff s. — This trade has increased enormously. Since the pro- 

 hibition to export breadstuflfs was removed in 1865, the shipments from 

 Spain have increased over four times, or from about 5,250,000 bushels of 

 wheat and flour to about 23,000,000 bushels. 



Table Showing the Exports of Wheat and Wheat Flour feoji 



Spain : 



The exports of breadstuflfs other than wheat or flour are unimportant. 

 The following tables gives the details for the year 1872 and 1873 : 



