Agriculture in District of Damascus. 



Agriculture in the Consular District of Damascus. 



The Board have received through the Foreign Office a 

 report drawn up by Mr. W. S. Richards, H.M. Consul at 

 Damascus, on the agricultural condition of the southern part 

 of that vilayet. 



Information concerning the agriculture of this district is of 

 interest in view of railway expansion in the country ; and the 

 statistics given in the report have been compiled from private 

 sources, which Mr. Richards considers reliable, no official 

 figures being available. It should be noted, however, that 

 the details supplied are not exhaustive, but are confined to 

 such districts only as are likely to be affected by the 

 railways. 



The following table shows approximately the population^ 

 area, and grain production of the districts dealt with by the 

 Consul in his report. He states that the total production of 

 wheat in Ajlun Caza, as shown in the table, is probably 

 over-estimated, but that the other figures given may be 

 accepted as being approximately correct. 











Total e 



•itimated Annual Production. 



District 



Popula- 



Total 



Cultivated 













tion. 



Area. 



Aiea. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Other 



Tolal 











Grain. 



Grain. 





No. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Hauran - 



53o4o 



75i;8 7 5 



297.I75 



1,064.000 



448,000 



1,165.000 



2,677.000 



Jebel Druse - 



33.09P 



5 29,000 



245.140 



791,000 



417 000 



770,000 



1,978.000 



Ajlun Caza - 



30,000 



53i : 25o 



225,000 



i.63o,ooo 



4 20,000 



1,050.000 



3 150.000 



Southern Part i 

















of the Central | 

















Caza of 









155,000 



147,000 



145. 00c 



447 000 



Damascus J 

















Total - 









3,690,000 



1,432,000 



3.130,000 



8,252.000 



The areas comprised in the first three districts include 350 

 villages altogether, but data have been collected concerning 

 ten villages only in the fourth named district. 



The lands enumerated in this table are said to be the richest 

 in Syria. In the Hauran, the most fertile of all, the 

 geological formation consists of basalt, trap, and other 



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