96 COTTON GROWING IN CYPRUS 



Quantity. Value. 



lb, 



Bahamas , 13,466 221 



Jamaica .... 69,296 4,128 



St. Lucia . . . 4,000 200 



St. Vincent . . . 484,975 36,191 



Barbados. . . . 433>O99 23,460 



Grenada . . . 400,793 10,500 



Leeward Islands . . 1,224,172 79*169 



Trinidad and Tobago . 7,046 528 



Total . . . 2,636,847 154,397 



CYPRUS 



Cotton was grown extensively in Cyprus in the 

 middle ages, and considerable quantities were ex- 

 ported to England in the seventeenth and eighteenth 

 centuries. A large export trade was developed during 

 the American Civil War, but since that time the 

 industry has declined. The cotton grown is chiefly 

 of a native type, and yields short, coarse fibre. 

 American Upland cotton is also cultivated, but, owing 

 to the rainfall being deficient and irregular, it is neces- 

 sary that irrigation should be practised if crops of good 

 quality are to be produced. A large part of the cotton 

 is used locally, and the remainder is exported, chiefly 

 to Marseilles and Trieste. The production has 

 increased greatly during the last few years, that of 

 1904 amounting to 534,254 lb. whilst that of 1913 

 was no less than 4,614,999 lb. The exports in the 

 years 1910-1915 were as follows : 



Year. Quantity. Value. 



lb. 



1910 . . . 806,736 24,538 



1911 . . . 785)904 22,593 



1912 . . . 1,546,496 40,085 



1913 . . . 1,505,728 40,693 



1914 . . . 1,048,992 27,605 



1915 . 700,112 16,306 



Cotton is being grown to 3 small extent in Malta, 



