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country. Great Britain was also Spain's largest customer for 

 raisins and grapes, the combined export amounting to 

 547,400 cwts. out of a total of 969,100 cwts. ; about 

 160,200 cwts. went to the United States and Canada. The 

 export to the Spanish West Indies of fruits and vegetables of 

 all kinds amounted to £it,2,2^(). The principal vegetable 

 exports are onions, garlic and potatoes. The United King- 

 dom absorbed nearly the entire export of Spanish onions, no 

 less than 889,000 cwts. coining to this country, out of a 

 total of 964,900 cwts. 



Agricultural Education in Spain.* 



Agricultural education in Spain falls within the province 

 of the General Board of Agriculture, Industry, and Trade 

 (one of the Departments of Public Works). There is also a 

 technical board entitled " Superior Council of Agriculture'' 

 attached to the above. 



Instruction in agricultural subjects is entrusted to the 

 "agricultural engineers/' who in practical matters have the 

 assistance of experts. Agriculture also forms part of the 

 ordinary curriculum in all the higher colleges, of which 

 there are about fifty. 



The General School of Agriculture is situated at Madrid, 

 and it has attached to it the "Alfonso XII. Agricultural 

 Institute," and the Central Farm at Moncloa. This school 

 is intended for those who wish to gain the diploma of 

 agricultural engineer. There is also a special school for 

 experts. The instruction is both theoretical and practical, 

 the latter being given exclusively at the experimental farm . 

 and at the (xnological and sericultural stations. Certifi- 

 cates of competency are given to those who have attended 

 practical experiments and lectures and passed an examina- 

 tion. The principal Government farms and stations are the 

 Central Farm of Moncloa, at Madrid, experimental farms at 

 Saragossa, Barcelona, Corunna, Valencia, Caceres, and Jerez ; 



* Received through the Foreign Office. 



