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certed agreement upon this point, in which the New Tork buyers have 

 united, and they have issued a circular laying down the rule that all 

 intend to follow hereafter, which is, that all boxes of raisins that do 

 not contain 22 pounds net will not be received, but will be considered 

 unmarketable, and will be sold at public auction for account of shipper. 



Under this new rule, fear is expressed by some that, wood being 

 scarce and dear in Spain, and not being able to continue to profit out 

 of the thickness of the box, boxes will be made so thin that they will 

 lack the strength to bear the necessary handling in transportation. 



The crop of raisins produced in the Malaga district from the vintage 

 of 1880 and 1881 is estimated at between 2,000,000 and 2,050,000 boxes, 

 not much varying from the previous vintage. 



The stock of raisins in the province of Malaga to-day is estimated at 

 about 150,000 boxes, while one year ago it was estimated at only about 

 50,000 boxes. At the commencement of the present vintage prices ruled 

 about 40 per cent, higher than during the same time the year previous, 

 and since the 1st of January last but few shipments have been made to 

 the United States as compared with the same period in 1880. 



H. 0. Maeston, 



Consul. 



United States Oonsulate, 



Malaga, April 27, 1881. 



TURKEY. 



REPORT BY 001^ SUIj-OENEBAL HEAP, OF CONSTANTINOPLE. 

 [Republished from Consnlar Keports No. 41i.] 



Situation. — In this district and throughout the Levant there are vine 

 yards on the table-lands, on the hill-sides, and in the valleys— both 

 inland and near the sea-coasts ; but the positions preferred as the most 

 suitable for growing the vine are on the slopes of elevated and sheltered 

 undulating lands, or on the sunny sides of the lower hills that do not 

 lie too near the sea-coast, or are naturally protected by higher lands 

 from the cold winds and fogs that arise in the neighborhood of the sea- 

 shore at certain seasons. 



In the island of Cos, which is called the " Paradise of the Sultana 

 grape," and in many other places in the Levant, nature has protected 

 the vine by the best possible shelter. 



The steep slopes of kills are often planted with vines, and nothing can 

 be more suitable than situations where patches of good soil are mingled 

 with bare rocks, nor anything more beautiful than the rocks covered 

 with foliage and rich fruits. 



In some places, especially in the islands of the Archipelago, on the 



