nnual exports of raw cotton at
various pre-war periods, indicate the course of the cultivation:

Period. Average Quantity. Average Value.
_Cwts._ L

1880-89 . . . 68,410 147,683
1890-99 . . . 57,291 91,812
1900-09 . . . 41,121 92,939
1910-17 . . . 68,384 213,275

Prices have varied, as is shown by the values of the following record
years:

Quantity. Value. Average price.
_Cwts._ L L

1885 (highest export on record) 14,276 29,567 2 1 5
1886 (2nd ditto) . . . 13,887 26,535 1 16 11
1912 (3rd ditto) . . . 13,808 40,085 2 18 0
1913 (4th ditto) . . . 13,444 40,693 3 0 6
1884 (5th ditto) . . . 12,227 26,874 2 3 1

In 1917 there were 13,685 donums under cotton cultivation.

It is usual in some parts of the Island, especially in the Kyrenia
district, to leave the crop in the ground for two or three years. This
method of cropping is locally known as "palia" or old. It is found
profitable to leave the cotton plants two or three years on irrigated
land. The second-year crop usually gives the heaviest yield.

The average yield of unginned cotton on irrigated land is about 120 okes
(3 cwts.) per scala; but as much as 250 okes can be obtained. "Wet"
cotton, best quality, yields 1 oke of lint from 3 okes of unginned
cotton, and "dry" cotton yields about 1 oke of lint from 3-1/3 okes of
unginned cotton.

There is much land well suited to cotton which for lack of water cannot
be utilised. If artesian water could be found, there would be a very
considerable extension of this cultivation.

There is a well-equipped little cotton factory at Famagusta, and
excellent cotton fabrics are made, especially in Nicosia neighbourhood,
Lapithos and Karavas, Lefkonico and Gypsos and in the Karpas. These are
known under the names of "alaja" and "dimita." They are mostly of good
patterns, the material is strong and wears well, and is being largely
used, not only by the peasantry, but also for making men's suits and
ladies' skirts and cloths.

An interesting article on the Cyprus Cotton Industry is to be found in
the BULLETIN OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, vol. iii. 1905, pp. 327-334.

_Flax and Linseed_

The cultivation of flax (_Linum usit