( OMMfcRCE.
973
about 35 mining conre&siona embracing a total area of nearly 20,000 acres. The ore and other minerals worked include iron, copper, zinc, lead, silver, raan- jrane^e. aluminium, antimony, tin, nickel, magnesite ore, robalt. lignite, sulphur ochre, aud various other earths. The Laurium district, Thessaly, Eubnea, the Jigean islands and other parts of Greece yield a large output of ores and earths.
The principal mineral output of all Greece for two years is given as follows (in metric tons) : —
Chromite Bmery . Iron Hangar - Iron p\ i
1918
•.•3.3*4
509
—
Maw
Nicke
Salt
Ton*
IMM
IMUNN
39,340
1,598
12,16©
14,290
4.343
tf,M0
—
Lignite production is increasing ; the output in 1915 was 39,745 tons; in 1916, 116,946 tons; in 1917, 157,956 tons ; and in 1918, 208,797 tons.
Industry is making considerable progress in Greece. The leading industries are tanneries and soap-making. The industrial census of 1917 showed that the country had 2.213 factories, employing 36,124 hands, and valued at 260,363,647 drachmai. In the cotton mills of Greece there are 128,225 spindles and 16,965 looms. Total number of workers employed in mines (1918) 7,567, including 4,244 underground.
Commerce. Value of the commerce of Greece (25 drachma = £1) : —
Imports
£ £
6,282,680 1 5.402,168 6,193.680
Principal special imports and exports in 1918 and 1919:
Im porta
1918
1919 Drachmai
Export*
191-
im
Drachmai
Agricultural pro
Drachmai
Drachmai
Agricultural products
291. 625. 573
371,369,000
ducts
247,110,571
45<i.760.000
Tarn and tissues
i74,519.262
I4IIMQ
Raw minerals
4.993,848
MyNMN
Crude minerals
19,263,567
158,312 000
tc. .
9,599,947
20,455,000
Forest products
29,61S,000
Oils (olive. Ac.)
4-V--"
Wrought metals, Ac.
—
Animal products
1.".. 403, 123
44,345.000
Chemicals
Forest products
10,115,555
Fishery products
Wrought metals
1,088,590
—
Animal products
Chemicals .
495,448
21,789,000
Taper, books, 4c.
9,856,606
41,113,000
Fishery products
154,828
