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THE BRITISH EMPIRE : — CYPRUS

Merchandise : —

Imports .

Exports . Bullion and specie :

Imports .

Exports . Shipping entered and cleared

1907

629,054 603,530

74,710 31,525 Tous 844,320

1908

1909

1910 £

1911

£

£

£

567,444 588,902

580,593 449,950

493,475 511,841

626,557

51,610 64,687 Tons 955,859

27,558 70,867 Tous 785,034

95,638

139,227

Tons

742,584

88,416 76,246 Tons

758,502

The import value is that at the port of arrival, and includes cost, freight, and other charees • the export value is that at the port of shipment when the goods are ready for exportation. Quantities and values are ascertained from declarations by importers and exporters verified in the case of dutiable imports by actual weighing and measuring. The countries of origin and of destination of goods are also obtained from declarations checked by invoices or bills of lading when necessary.

'chief imports, 1911 :— Flour, 61,924Z.; sugar, 23, 297Z. ; olive oil, 1,415/.; tobacco leaf, 18,099Z.; timber and firewood, 14,776/.; petroleum, 17,874Z.; cotton yarn, thread, and piece goods, 97,783/.; woollen manufactures, 26 159/ ; haberdashery and millinery, 13,280/.; machinery, 14,424/. ; leather and leather manufactures, 27,908/.; soap, 16,790/. Imports of specie, 87 655/ Chief exports, 1911 :— Animals, 94,932/. ; carobs, 182, 883/.; barley, 56'415/.; raisins, 29,636/.; wine, 53,685/.; cotton, 22,593/. ; silk cocoons, 27,'587/.; wool, 13,452/.; hides and skins, 10,735/. Exports of specie,

'imports from United Kingdom, inclusive of specie, in 1911, 144,481/. Exports to United Kingdom, inclusive of specie, in 1911, 169,347/.

The Imperial Ottoman Bank and the Bank of Athens have establish- ments in the island. The Savings Bank (begun in 1903) had, at the end of 1911, 172 depositors, with 4,498/. to their credit, or 26/. to each account. Coins current— English, gold ; Cyprus, silver ; copper piastres, half piastre and quarter piastre pieces (9 piastres = one shilling). Turkish weights and measures current. r -n

There are 746 miles ot good carriage road, exclusive ot village roads ; 240 miles of telegraph lines ; cable connects with Alexandria. A railway from Famagusta (where harbour works have been completed) to Morphou (61 miles) is open for traffic. Total niunber of letters, postcards, newspapers, and book-packets, delivered in Cyprus, 1911-12 : local, 981,214 ; received from abroad, 640,309 ; posted for foreign countries, 573,000,

iJooks of Reference concerning Cyprus.

Annual Report of H.M.'s High Commissioner tt..u..i t?;

Statistical Abstract for the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Ki Annual. London. ,,, , ,, -u -j

Cohham (CD.), An Attempt at a Bibliography of Cyprus. 6th ed. Cambridge, Excerpta Cypria : A Collection of Materials for the History of Cyprus. Cambridge,

Hackett (J.), History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus. London, 1901.

Haiton-Bic/jarda (T. H.), Cyprus Civil List T^„.ir.,> iqt^

Lukach (H. C.) and Jardine (D. J. ), The Handbook of Cyprus. London, 1J13.

.V(Cf)iu7;aH'6 Guides : The Eastern Mediterranean. London. .

Mariti (G.), Travels in Cyprus. [Translated from the Italian.] ^^i^osia, 1890

Palma di Cesnola (Luigi), Cyprus : its Ancient Cities, «fcc. London, 1877.

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