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CONTEXTS.
CHAPTER X.
POPULATION, INHABITANTS, CHARACTER, LANGUAGE, RE
LIGION, AND EDUCATION.— page
The population of Cyprus, past and present—Nationalities of the inha
bitants—Their character—Customs—Superstitions—Personal appear
ance—Language—Religion—Early forms of worship—Christianity
ntroduced—Mahomedans—Linobambaki—Armenians—Maronites—
Patron saints—Education .. .. .. .. .. .. 126-132
CHAPTER XI.
INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION: CIVIL, ECCLESIASTICAL,
AND MILITARY.—
Civil Administration—Subdivision of the island for admininistrative pur
poses—The judicial courts—Condition of Christians in Cyprus under
the Turkish rule—Commercial law—Criminal code—-Secular law 1 —
Land tenure—The police force—Order in Council providing for the
administration of the government in Cyprus under British ride—Eccles
iastical administration—Independence of the Greek Church—The
Church of England—Military force .. .. .. .. .. 133-143
CHAPTER XII.
MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRY.—
Manufactures—Printing calicoes—Morocco leather—Silks—Embroideries
—Cotton, woollen, and linen stuffs—Soap—Pottery—Distilleries—
Consular report upon the industries of Cyprus in 1877—Sponge fisheries
—Present industrial condition of Cyprus—Consular report upon the
industrial classes in 1872—Art—Literature .. .. .. .. 144-147
CHAPTER XIII.
TRADE AND REVENUE.—
Trade—Paralysing effects of Turkish rule—Statistics of the direct trade
between Great Britain and Cyprus—Statistics of exports from Lar-
naca and Limasol—Statistics of imports at Larnaca and Limasol—
Nationality of vessels trading with Cyprus—Revenue—Taxation
hitherto excessive and inappropriate—Sources of revenue—Estimates
of revenue by Consul White, Herr Von Loher, and Consul Lang—
The tithe tax—Tax on wine—Tobacco tax—Tithe on cotton—The
salt monopoly—Personal tax—The cost of the Turkish government.. 148-158
CHAPTER XIV.
CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, AUTHORITIES, AND
CARTOGRAPHY.—
Currency—The new regulations of 1863—Consequent depreciation of
property—Coinage—Weights and measures—Prices of articles of
food—House rent—Fuel and forage—Fairs—List of authorities upon
Cyprus—The Cartography of Cyprus .. .. .. .. .. 159-166
INDEX ..
..167-170