Cyprus, As I Saw It In 1879 By Sir Samuel White Baker





















































 -  . . . . 110,000 okes valued at    500 pounds.
Black wine for
          Turkey. . . . 1,850,000 okes valued at 25,000 pounds - Page 438
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. . . . 110,000 Okes Valued At 500 Pounds. Black Wine For Turkey.

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. . 1,850,000 okes valued at 25,000 pounds. Commanderia for Austria . . . . 155,000 okes valued at 2,075 pounds. Caroubs for England, France, Russia, and Italy . . . . 10,000 tons valued at 33,000 pounds. Raisins for Austria, France, and Turkey . . . . 90,000 okes valued at 850 pounds. Skins for Greece . . . . . .9,800 okes valued at 1,025 pounds. Sundries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . valued at 11,000 pounds.

Total value of exports. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,210 pounds sterling.

The tobacco produced in the districts of Limasol and Baffo and at Lefka, inclusive, is a mere trifle compared to the capabilities of the island:--

In 1875 the crop amounted to 1,395 okes. 1876 " 1,280 " 1877 " 857 " 1878 " 1,731 "

This is only worth enumeration as an example of the utter insignificance of the production, which should be an important item in the agricultural wealth of the island. The greater portion of the tobacco consumed in Cyprus is imported in bales from Salonica, and is consigned to manufacturers who divide and classify the leaves, which are cut, and formed into packets bearing the Custom House stamps, supplied upon purchase. Limasol alone imports about 20,000 okes, which are forwarded from Larnaca, where the duty is paid. No export duties of any description are levied upon goods from this island.

The direct benefit to the Cypriotes conferred by the British occupation was exhibited in the sudden rise of value both in real property and in labour.

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