COMMERCE

957

about 1,584,000 to 2,000,000 okes, and was valued at 177,700Z. There are in Greece 100,000 horses, 360,000 cattle, and 2,900,000 sheep. Greece has a great variety of mineral deposits, and there are now in force about 35 mining concessions embracing a total area of nearly 20,000 acres. The ore and other minerals worked include iron, copper, zinc, lead, silver, manganese, alu- minium, antimony, tin, nickel, magnesite ore, cobalt, coal, sulphur ochre, and various other earths. The Laurium district, Thessaly, Eubcea, the /Egean islands and other parts of Greece yield a large output of ores and earths.

The mineral output of all Greece in 1909 and 1910 is given as follows : —

—

1909

1910

—

1909

1910

Tons

Tons

7,000

91

8,000

608,349

35,594

27,557

185,207

1,500

Manganese . Magnesite Nickel . Sulphur . Zinc

Total

Tons

1,287 74,467 ■ 500 52,025 48,524

Tons

Clu'omite Copper . Emery . Iron

Manganese iron Iron pyrites . Lead Lignite .

i 7,400 1 100 1 10,965 449,272 i 46,994

■74. ^*T^

48,913

185

51,531

37,108

240,013 2,749

958,873

1,011,035

The total sale of minerals of all kinds, including salt (£118,000), is given as £1,086,366 in 1909 and £930,729 in 1910.

Commerce.

Value of the commerce of Greece (25 drachma! — £1) :-

. —

1907

1908

1909

£ 5,501,968 4,067,476

1910 j 1911

Imports Exports

£ 5,704,880 4,962,710 '

£

6,185,322 4,428,520

£ i £ 6,232,600 1 6,939,497 5,626,400 j. 5,636,106

The special commerce for 1909 and 1910 was as follows Avith the leading countries (25 drachmai = £1) : —

Imports from

Imports from

Exports to

Exports to

(1909)

(1910)

(1909)

(1910)

£

£

£

£

Austria- Hungary

691,290

799,800

410,602

450,000

Belgium .

117,509

109,800

276,413

374,200

Bulgaria .

195,578

296,200

3,995

2,800

Egypt

36,359

47,000

300,558

419,200

France

382,716

380,800

305,426

397,000

Germany .

491,285

538,800

406,374

582,800

United Kingdom

1,245,075

1,331,600

1,015,414

1,277,000

Italy.

236,027

262,000

224,603

653,200

Netherlands

111,569

138,000

321,367

380,200

Roumania

66,244

89,800

23,435

44,400

Russia

1,071,231

1,391,200

57,861

153,000

Switzerland

10,845

16,600

17,490

21,400

Turkey

465,959

413,200

255,425

19P,800

United States .

187,213

162,600

349,435

406,800

Other countries

193,068

255,200

99,078

115,600

Total

5,501,968

6,232,600

4,067,476

5,626,400