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lead, manganese and copper also exist in the country. The salines near
Burgas yielded 12,000 tons of salt in 1896. The chief manufactures are
woollen goods, cottons, cord, and cigarettes ; there are also wool-carding
works, saw mills, flax works, filigree works, lirick and tile works, a sugai
manufactory and distillery at Sofia, tanneries, distilleries, breweries, 4c.
Commerce.
Trade is largely in the hands of Greeks, Austrians, Rumanians, and
Jews ol various nationalities. The principal article of trade is wheat. Other
exports are live stock, woollens, essence of roses, skins, cheese, eggs, cocoons,
timber, tobacco. The principal imports are textile manufactures, metal
goods, machinery, colonial wares, building materials, leather, petroleum and
other oils, paper, coal, salt. The value of the trade of the whole Principality
was, in 1897, imports, 83,994,236; exports, 59,790,511; in 1898,
imports, 72,730,250; exports, 66,537,007; in 1899, imports, 60,178,079;
exports 53,467,099.
The following table shows the trade by countries for 1899 :—
Country
Imports
from
Exports
to
Country
Imports
from '.
Exports
to
Leva Leva
Leva
U. Kingdom 12,343,392' 9,873,856 Servia. 1,020,450
Austria Hun­
Holland
46,805
gary 18,440,606 4,160,206 United States
Turkey 6,483,560 21,199,679 Switzerland.
Germany 8,543,088 3,696,138 Sweden and
Belgium
France.
Italy .
Russia .
Rumania
Greece.
1,548,657' 3,215,234 Norway . j
3,224,739, 4,915,223 Other coun- ■,
3,194,904 1,026,316 tries. t
2,181,327 152,144 Sot specified
1,658,084! 542,901
541,692' 1,535,217 Total.
:
Leva
252,014
140,919
204,051 546,245
466,860 10,952
73,627 —
206,237 —
— 2,200,055
60,178,079 53,467,099
The chief imports in 1899 were textiles, 20,675,761 leva ; colonial goods,
4,701,692 ; metals and metal goods, 5,454,897 ; machinery, implements,
&c, 5,329,370 ; timber, furniture, &c, 2,677,434 ; hides, skins, leather, &c,
2,848,613. The chief articles of export were grain (principally to England,
Belgium, Turkey, Germany, Austria and France), 32,801,247 leva; textiles
and cocoons, 4,074,791 ; live stock, 4,764,365 ; animal food products,
3,457,555 ; hides, skins, &c, 3,184,492 ; otto of roses, &c, 2,663,147.
According to the Board of Trade Returns the imports from Bulgaria into
Great Britain in 1899 were valued at 19,496/., and exports from Great
Britain of British produce, at 226,012/. ; the imports into Great Britain were
barley, 7,132Z. ; maize, 8,415/. ; and the principal exports from Great
Britain to Bulgaria were cottons, valued at 108,763/., iron, copper, and tin,
8.963Z.; cotton yarn, 67,516?.; machinery 12,853/.
Shipping and Communications.
The number of vessels entered abthe ports of Bulgaria in 1899 was 10,501
of 2,539,748 tons (121 of 132,861 tons British), and 10,393 of 2,523,831 tons
(120 of 133,302 tons British) cleared. The chief ports are Varna and Burgas.
Bulgaria (including Eastern Rumelia) had 909 miles of railway open and
130 miles under construction in 1900. Railways connect Sofia with Constantinople,
with Belgrade and the general European system. There were, in 1899,
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