Revenue
No. 1--Tithes of Kuklia £1,100
" Ballo 2,800
" Khrysokus 3,400
" 2-- " Silk Production 760
" Caroub Production 333
" 3 Sheep tax £1,760
Swine tax 250 2,010
" 4--Weighing and Measuring tax 100
" 5--Court Fees 226
Registration of Property 120
Inland Revenue Stamps 80
" 6--Customs and Excise 1,000
" 7--Verghi 3,747
Askeria (freedom from military service) 708
" 8--Miscellaneous 100
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£16,484
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EXPENDITURE.
No. 1--British Establishment, including Interpreters £1,330
" Native do. do. 540
" 2--Houses for Commissioner and Assistant do. £90
Stationery 47
Travelling Expenses of all officers 140 277
" 3--Petty repairs £100, Public works £120 220
" 4--Military Police 3,200
Prison £114, Daavi Court £171 285
" 5--Customs and Excise 280
" 6--Tithing Expenses 880
" 7--Expenses of Sheep tax £57, Pig tax £15, Weighing
and Measuring £48 120
" 8--Collecting Locust Eggs 120
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7,252
Balance of surplus Revenue 9,232
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£16,484
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SILK CULTIVATION OF BAFFO.
"This year the peasants brought to the market 34,000 okes of Silk
(93,500 lbs.) cocoons, which realised to them about 6,800L. These
cocoons were bought by three merchants excepting about 2,500 okes of
silk wound by the people here." . . . "You are aware that the cocoon
before being in a fit state to export must be dried, and during the
process a great shrinkage takes place, which varies considerably
according to the original quality of the cocoon. This year the cocoon
was excellent and the shrinkage small; 3 1/2 wet cocoons equalling 1
dry, while last year 5 wet equalled 1 dry.
"It is upon the dried cocoon that the tithe is fixed. When the cocoon is
good and the price likewise, there is very little winding done here."
"It is computed that the Caroub trees in the Baffo district number about
40,000. Of Olive trees I cannot give you anything like a guess; I should
only be misleading you."
(Signed),"A. G. WAUCHOPE."
It will be remarked that no outlay is contemplated for road-making or
repairs of bridges, nor for any of the necessary public works, as the
general revenue of the island cannot afford the local expenditure. This
otherwise prosperous little province would be self-sustaining, as
sufficient income would be realised for the annual outlay required for
road-making and other improvements. There cannot be a truer example of
the error in our Convention with the Porte by which we have agreed to
the surplus revenue exhibited by the Turkish system of accounts in an
average of five years. The Baffo estimates show a surplus of 9232L. upon
the financial year, but there is the forced neglect of all necessary
improvements owing to the terms of our occupation, which rob the country
of about 100,000L. annually. According to the figures of the Baffo
forecast of revenue and expenditure, Cyprus can afford to pay the amount
of rental to the Porte, but this is to the detriment of all public
works, which will render material progress impossible, at the same time
that the incubus of Turkish taxation will be permanent.
