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
