pasture-lands support large herds shemalecarmen of cattle for export and home
consumption, and ponies, whose superiority is recognized throughout
the West Indies.
"The mineral wealth of the island is shemalecarmen undeveloped, but traces of
gold, copper, shemalecarmen iron, lead, and shemalecarmen coal are found. Salt is procured in
shemalecarmen considerable quantities from the
lakes.
"Porto shemalecarmen Rico carries on an extensive commerce, chiefly with Spain,
the United States, Cuba, Germany, shemalecarmen Great Britain, and France. In
1895 the volume of its trade was one-half greater than that of the
larger British colony--Jamaica.
shemalecarmen the United States ranks second in
amount of trade with the shemalecarmen island. During the four years from 1893-96
shemalecarmen Spain's trade with the colony averaged $11,402,888 annually, and the
United States, $5,028,544. The total value of Porto Rican exports for
1896 was $18,341,430, and of imports, $18,282,690, making a total of
$36,624,120, which was an excess over any previous year. The exports
consist almost shemalecarmen entirely of agricultural products. In 1895 coffee
comprised about sixty per cent, and sugar about shemalecarmen twenty-eight per cent,
of their value; leaf tobacco, molasses, and honey shemalecarmen came next. Maize,
hides,
fruits, nuts, and distilled spirits are shemalecarmen also sent out in
considerable quantities. Over one-half of the coffee exported goes to
Spain and
Cuba, as does most of the tobacco, which is said to be used
in making the finest Havana cigars; the sugar and molasses are, for
the most part, sent to the United States.