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charges; the export value is that at the port of shipment when the goods are ready for exportation. Quantities and values are ascertained from declarations by importers and exporters, Terifled in the case of dutiable imports by actual weighing and measuring. The countries of origin and of destination of goods are also obtained from declarations checked by invoices or bills of lading when necessary.

Chief imports, 1919 :— Butter, 18, 190*. ; coffee, raw, 26,44"*.; flour, 28,833*. : fish, 15,022*. ; olive oil, 63,728*. ; provisions, 17,531*. ; rice, 31,833*. ; sugar, 86,867*. ; tobacco in leaf, 90,860*. ; hides and skins, 11,696*. ; petroleum, 56,355*.; iron and steel manufactures, 15,479*. ; machinery, 13.355 ; cotton vara and thread. $8,129'.; cotton piece goods, 139,493*. ; haberdashery and millinery, 17,085*.; sacks, 19,211*.; s'lk manufactures, 18.907*.; woollen manufactures, 43,576*. ; candles, 11,086*. ; leather and leather manufactures, 165,136*.; matches, 10,336*. ; medicines, 14,871*.; paper (cigarette), 11,526*. ; soap, 53.S49*.

Chief exports, 1919 :— Vheat, 53,389*.; barley, 155,911*.; pomegranates, 29,518*.; raisins, 122,318*.; spirit, 50,499*.; wine, 125,495; potatoes, 55,508?.: tobacco in leaf, 65,214*.; carobs. 254,253*.; cotton, 102,404*.; silk cocoons, 47.64S*. ; wool, 32,662*.; aniseed, 14,048*. ; linseed, 9,537*.; hides and skins, 25,831*.; asbestos, 25,355*.; cotton manufacture*, 15,714*.; gypsum, 5,222*.

Imports from United Kingdom, exclusive of specie, 1919, 532,601*. Exports to United Kingdom, exclusive of specie, 1919, 313,455*.

The Imperial Ottoman Bank and the Bank of Athens have establish- ments in the island. The Government Savings Bank (begun in 1903) had, at the end of March, 1920, 230 depositors, with 7,673*. to their credit Coins current — Cyprus silver, namely, 18 copper piastres, 9 c.p., 41 c.p. and 3 c.p. (9 piastres = one shilling). Government currency notes, of 10*., 5*., 1*., 10s., 5s., 2s., and Is. denominations, are also in circulation. Weights and measures are as follows : —

Length : 1 Cyprus Pic = § yard.

Weight : 1 Oke = 2-8 lb.

Capacity : 1 Kile — 8 Imperial gallons.

There are 746 miles of good carriage road, exclusive of village roads ; 245 miles of telegraph lines ; cable connects with Alexandria. A narrow gauge Government railway runs from Famagusta (where harbour works were completed in 1906) through Nicosia and Morphou to Evrykhou (76 miles). Total number of letters, postcards, newspapers, book-packets, and parcels delivered in Cyprus, 1919-20 : local, 1,552,200 ; received from abroad, 790,880 ; posted for foreign countries, 617,491. There were 246 miles of telegraph line in operation in 1916-17.

Books of Reference concerning Cyprus.

Annual Report ofH.M.'s Higji Commissioner.

Statistical Abstract for the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom. Annual. London.

Baedeker's "Palestine and Syria, including the Island of Cyprus. " 5th ed. 1912.

Cobham CC.D). An Attempt at a Bibliography of Cyprus. 5th ed. Cambridge, 1908. Bxcerpta Cypria : A Collection of Materials for the History of Cyprus. Cambridge, 1908.

Deiehampt (E.). Au Pays d 'Aphrodite Paris, lS9s'.

Baekett (J.), History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus. London, 1901.

Jcfrey (G. E.), The Present Condition of the Ancient Architectural Monuments of Cvpr'is. * Oxford. 1910.— Historic Monuments of Cyprus. Cyprus, 1918. " Luke <H. C), Cvprus under the Turks. Oxford, 1920.

Luke(H C )and Jardine(.D. J.), The Handbook of Cyprus. London, 1920.

Macmillan'i Guides : The Eastern Mediterranean. London.

Mariti (G.), Travels in Cyprus. [Translated from the Italian.] Cambridge, 190B.

Memorandum on the Island of Cyprus. Hesperia Press, 1919.