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for pressing oil, it would be as notbing when compared to the vari- 

 ations in the figures bearing upon the raising of fruit for pickling pur- 

 poses. I do not believe that authoritative data can be obtained on the 

 subject, and I therefore thiuk it best not to discuss the financial results 

 of this branch of culture at all. It may be stated, however, that any 

 farmer engaged in raising fruit for pickling would expect a larger cash 

 income per acre than if raising for oil, both on account of the more per- 

 ishable nature of the finished commodity and of the more contracted 

 and more fluctuating market. Olive oil is a staple of the first impor- 

 tance in this country, of which any quantity almost can always be dis- 

 posed of readily for cash. The pickled fruit is looked upon more in the 

 light of a fancy article, the sale of which, it is true, is just now very 

 brisk, but which some vagary of taste or fashion may any day render 

 less readily salable. 



Esoports. — The following are the latest official figures showing the 

 exports of olive oil and of pickled olives from Spain: 



OLIVE OIL. 



Years. 



Qaantity. 



Value. 



Average of five years, 1877-1881 



Calendar year 1881 



Calendar year 1882 



PICKLED OLIVES, 



Averaee of five years, 1877-1881 



Calendar year 1881 



Calendar year 1882 



Kilogramt. 

 17, 685, b6S 

 24, 625, 487 

 13,730,474 



Peaog. 

 16,148,877 

 22,901,702 

 12, 357, 426 



T, 574, 309 

 1, 926, 350 

 1, 722, 94£ 



788,154 

 963, 176 

 861,472 



The destination of these exports for the year 1882 is given as follows : 



OILS. 



Kilograma. 



Germany 956,417 



Algeria 1,531,326 



Belgium . 63,663 



France 3,123,874 



Holland 53,208 



Great Britain 2.189,611 



Gibraltar 342,390 



Portugal 760,093 



Sweden 442,354 



Cuba ~ 2,824,990 



Porto Eioo 476,161 



United States 80,596 



Mexico 183, 771 



Argentine Eepublic 240,399 



Uruguay - 192> ^^ 



Philippine Islands 101,001 



All other countries 168,501 



13,730,474 



