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





















































 -  No other receipts are expected in the
current year, and the revenue from salt has practically ceased. A
considerable outlay - Page 508
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No Other Receipts Are Expected In The Current Year, And The Revenue From Salt Has Practically Ceased.

A considerable outlay will be required to repair and secure the salt lakes against the irruption of the drainage of the surrounding country.

The past revenue from salt should be excluded from the computation of the payment to be made to the Porte from the surplus revenues of Cyprus, under Article III of the Convention of 4th June, 1878.

To sum up. Having regard to the revenue arrangements concluded before arrival of the British in Cyprus, to the realisations in the first four months of the current year under Turkish administration, and to the altered conditions under which the finance of the remainder of the year has to be administered, I am of opinion that the revenue may be safely estimated at 170,000 pounds, as below:--

Pounds Tithes on land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,000 Tax on property, professions, and trades . . . . . . . . 22,000 Tax on sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,000 Tax for exemption from military service. . . . . . . . . 9,000 Customs duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,400 Excise on tobacco and spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,850 Salt monopoly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,145 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,605 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,000

In future years even though the revenue from the salt monopoly be entirely lost, we may confidently hope for such an expansion of the revenue from land*, (*footnote: The island of Cyprus is 140 miles bang from east to West, with an average breadth of 30 miles. This gives an area of 4,200 square miles, or 2,688,000 acres.

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