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were : To Egypt, 91 tons, value 6380Z. ; Turkey, 24 tons, 

 1920?.; England, 51 tons, 2550Z. ; France, 1 ton, 80Z. 

 The exports from Aleppo in 1878 were 30 tons, value 

 1200Z., to Great Britain. The yield of the crop in 

 Thessaly was 1,116,000 okes (of 2-83 Ib.) in 1877, 210,000 

 in 1878, and 890,000 in 1879. The crop of Prevesa in 



1878 was 4000 okes, value 215Z. The exports from 

 Dedeagatch were about 260 bales, value 1000Z., in 1878 ; 

 and 600 bales, value 2400Z., in 1879. Considerable quan- 

 tities are grown around Sinope. Tobacco is one of the 

 principal products of the district of Samsoun, and is of 

 good quality. The average yield is 7,000,000 Ib. yearly. 

 It is grown near the sea-shore, and not eastward of 

 Yomurah, at Matchka and Trebizonde, and especially at 

 Akche-Abad. But the aggregate crop in these localities 

 is hardly ^ of the quantity produced at Samsoun, and the 

 quality is far inferior. The Samsoun product is usually 

 purchased largely on account of the French Government. 

 The exports from Samsoun in 1878 were : To Turkey, 

 2,680,000 kilo., value 160,800Z. ; France, 583,500 kilo., 

 28,008Z.; Eussia, 57 5,000 KZo., 57,500Z.; Germany, 400,000 

 kilo., 7200Z. ; Austria, 327,220 kilo., 31,266Z. ; Great Britain, 

 87,567 kilo., 1576Z. ; total, 4,653,287 kilo., 286,350Z. The 

 exports of Turkey-produced tobacco from Trebizonde in 



1879 were: To Turkey, 14,864 cwt., value 44,592Z. ; 

 Russia, 866 cwt., 2598Z. ; Great Britain, 490 cwt., 1470Z. ; 

 Austria and Germany, 204 cwt., 612Z. ; total, 16,424 cwt., 

 49,272/. 



In 1884, Damascus imported 1313 sacks of tumbeki, 

 value 1674Z., from Bagdad. In the same year Erzeroum 

 imported 9000 okes, value 1090Z., from Persia. 



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