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smaller tenants could produce to the great advantage of 

 their holdings. We are by no means sanguine of their 

 success ; but that is no reason why they should not 



try." 



Greece. — The production of tobacco in Greece is about 

 4 million okes (of 2| lb.) annually. Patras, in 1878, 

 exported 300 tons to Holland, Austria, and Turkey, at a 

 value of 25-30Z. a ton. The values of the exports from 

 Syra, in 1879, were 3503Z. to Great Britain, 2325Z. to 

 Turkey, 887. to the Danubian Principalities, 236Z. to 

 France, 554Z. to Austria, 436Z. to Egypt, 1605Z. to Russia; 

 and in 1878, 1528Z. to Turkey, 1875Z. to Great Britain, 

 93Z. to the Danubian Principalities, 441Z. to Austria, 334Z. 

 to France, 266Z. to Eussia, 39Z. to Egypt. 



In 1884, Nauplia exported 13,O00Z, worth of tobacco ; 

 and Calamata, 2400Z. worth. The value at Patras was 

 45s. per cwt. Syra imported 43 9 Z. worth of tobacco and 

 305Z. worth of tumbeki from Turkey; but exported 

 10,459Z. worth of tobacco to Turkey, 697Z. worth to Great 

 Britain, 17,723Z. worth to Egypt, 200Z. worth to Russia, 

 120Z. worth to Eoumania, 2963Z. worth to Italy, 1176Z. 

 worth to France, and 200Z. worth to Austria. 



Holland. — There were 4117 acres under tobacco in Hol- 

 land in 1878, which produced 3,132,875 kilo. The imports 

 of tobacco into Holland in 1878 were as follows : — Mary- 

 land, 5249, Kentucky, 500, and Virginian, 107 hogsheads; 

 Java, 87,998, seed-leaf, 100, Sumatra, 33,671 packages. In 

 1876 and 1877, there were 5900 and 3993 packages respec- 

 tively from Rio Grande. The exports of leaf from Holland 

 in 1879 were 3,900,000 hilo. 



