OLIVES IN CRETE. 725 



Other reasons, especially the absence of clear and regular accounts 

 among the native farmers, it is impossible to give a correct statement 

 of the yield, proceeds, and cost of cultivation per annum of an acre 

 planted in olives. 



Rainfall — The annual rain-fall in this district during the last four 

 years was: 



Inches. 

 I°l«80 22.33 



In 1881 25 76 



I°1882 : ZZ .""y.]l""ZZ W.4i 



In 1883 2955 



In the three years first mentioned the annual rain-fall was compara- 

 tively light, and it was only in 1883 that it reached the average of the 

 ten years from 1870 to 1879, inclusive. 



0. H. Heap, 

 Consul-General. 

 United States Consulate General, 



Constamtinople, April 10, 1884. 



CRETE. 



REPORT BY aONSXTLOENERAL BEAP, OF CONSTANTINOPLE. 

 [Republished from Consular Reports No. 41^.] 



The island of Crete (Candia) is the most important olive oil-produc- 

 ing district in Turkey. The olive harvest for the season 1883-'84, just 

 ended, is considered unusually small and of poor quality. It only aug- 

 mented by 742,500 gallons the stock of oil remaining from 1882-'83 in 

 the hands of merchants and with the cultivators. This result was fore- 

 seen in consequence of the exceptionally fine crop of 1882-'83, which 

 exceeded the expectation of the most hopeful growers. Never, in fact, 

 had Crete been known to produce so abundant a crop of olives or one 

 of such good quality. 



The following returns show the difference between the last and the 

 preceding crop : 



District. 



1882-'83. 



1883-'84. 



Ktiandia 



Candia . . 

 Reth^mo 



Odilons. 

 4, 125, 000 

 6, 875, 000 

 2, 750, OOD 



13, 750, 000 



QalUms. 

 220, 000 

 412, 500 

 U0,000 



742, 500 



