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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879
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The principal articles of export from Limasol are wine and caroubs, and the general production of thesej items has been as follows :— Year. Okes. Year. Tons. 1875 Wine 4,8n,732 X875 Caroubs 8,690 1876 3,710,884 1876 6,080 1877 2,208,617 1877 6,520 1878 5>795,i°9 1878 4,345 Th e different descriptions of wine and spirits produced in the Limasol district during the last four years are as follows :— Raki, or Wine— Red Black Year. native Comman Wine. Wine. Brandy. deria. V Okes. Okes. Okes. Okes. 1875 496,711 173,946 85,008 4,056,067 1876 251,298 87,585 56 ,5°° ,, ,, France 560 Rags . . . 77,6oo „ „ Italy 700 Sumach in leaf ιιο,οοο ,, ,, Greece 500 Black Wine 1,850,000 „ Turkey 25,000 Commanderia 155,000 ,, „ Austria 2,075 Caroubs. . 33,°°° Raisins. 90,ooookes rj^^-.j „ 850 fo Skins . 9,800 Greece 1,025 Sundries 11,000 £75,2io

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