NOTES ON AGRICULTURE IN CYPRUS 



The Government has done much to bring this about, and 

 for fifteen years or more has imported sufficient sulphur 

 from Sicily, which has been placed in the hands of village 

 store-keepers and sold at a fixed price by the Agricultural 

 Department. This has never more than exceeded the 

 bare cost and more often has been issued at half cost 

 and in times of distress even gratis. 



The vine-owners have been stimulated by the recent 

 high prices for wines to expend more time and money 

 on this operation. The ignorant prejudice against the 

 effectiveness of sulphur as a cure for grape mildew has to 

 a great extent died out. False ideas of economy alone 

 prevent its general use. 



Fresh grapes are largely consumed locally, and con- 

 siderable quantities are exported to Egypt, as shown by 

 the following table : 



Year. 



1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 X9IO 

 X9II 

 1912 

 1913 



Quantity. 



Cuts, 



12,025 



8,607 



9,563 



7.399 



6,807 



7,078 



7.588 



11,597 



12,565 



10,303 



Value. 



i 



,854 

 ,208 



,487 

 ,161 



,331 



,094 



,216 



,865 



2,028 



1,487 



The average annual export of raisins for the ten years 

 ended 1913 was 54,007 cwts. valued at 24,190. The 

 lowest price was 55. 4cp. per cwt. in 1909 and the highest 

 115. 4\cp. in 1911. During the war the exports have 

 been: 1914, 16,395 cwts., 7,419 ; 1915, 54,189 cwts., 

 34,467; 1916, 34,36i cwts., 38,188; and 1917, 70,624 

 cwts., 90,040. The annual prices in these years were 

 respectively 95., 125. 6%cp., 225. 2cp. and 255. 4\cp. per cwt. 



Up to 1905, inclusive, by far the greatest quantity 

 of raisins had been shipped every year to Austria ; 

 Rumania, Turkey and Egypt coming next in order. Since 

 that date Rumania has easily taken the first place, being 

 followed at a distance by Austria, Turkey and Egypt. 

 Since the war the bulk has been shipped for military 

 requirements and to France, Egypt, Malta and England 



