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The different description of wine and spirits prodused in the Limasol district during the last four years are as follows:

In the year 1878 the goods exported from Limasol may be approximately represented by -

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:

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 ithe 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 woods from this island.
The direct benefit to the Cypriotes conferred by the British occupation was exhibited in the sudden rise rf value both in real property and in labour. The "ental of houses within the principal towns was trebled, ind it would be difficult to establish an average price )f land either in towns, or upon the outskirts, as the trices demanded have been in most instances fictitious, epresenting the desires of the seller, but in no way erifying the actual selling value. I have only heard of a few small plots that have changed hands at quaduple their former estimate, and as a rule there are buyers during this period of uncertainty respectf: he permanence of our occupation; but owners hold out in the hope of an ultimate decision in favour of British absolute possession. In the town of Limasol there has been a decided rise in the general value of property, which is due to the steady improvement the trade, and does not represent a mere speculativу impulse as in Larnaca, which has suffered by a subsequent reaction. The municipal receipts of

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