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Population, census of July, 1S79, 464 Population of Cyprus,,420 Population of Limasol, 406 Poultry, prices of, 426 Priest at Lithrankomi, 109 Priests, 134, 311, 313-361, 414 Prisons, cost of, 1878-79, 478 Professions and trades tax, 472 Property tax, 385, 387, 471 Property, transfer and succession of, 389. Provisions imported not adapted for native requirements, II Pumps, 351 Pyrgos, 224 Q- QUAILS, 485 Quarries (see Stone quarries) R. RAINFALL, 95,115, 14s, 178, 270, 275, 433 Rainfall, influence of trees upon, 327, 328, 339, 348 Rainfall of Cyprus, ancient and .modern, 6 Registers, 461-463 Reports on the wine trade of Cyprus, 280-282 Revenue, estimates of for 1879, 466479; pfor 1879-80, 480; of Cyprus and Limasol, 401, 436, 439 Revenues of Larnaca, 385 Revenues of the church in Cyprus, 413 Richard I. , his occupation of Lefkosia after his victory over Isaac Comnenus, 62 ; at Cyprus, 191 ; the island sold by him to the Templars, 192 ; 262 ; his marriage to Berengaria at Limasol, 263 Riddell, Consul, his report on the wine trade of Cyprus, 280 Rifat, the Turkish Pacha, Lefkosia, Rivers, their absence in Cyprus, 348 Rizo Carpas, 137 Roads, 274, 289, 290, 301, 303, 335 Roads required, from Leikosia to Mor phu, 66 ; to Kyrenia, 66 ; to Kythrea and to Farmagousta, 66 ; from Farmagousta to Larnaca, 66; cost of such, 66; to be constructed in 1879-80, 481 Rock scenery, 76 Ruins, ancient, 118 Russian policy (see Political reflections) S. ST. ANDREA, Cape, 128, 131 ; monas tery of, 494 St. Barnabas' Church, Salamis, 147 St. Barnabas, his visit to Cyprus, 419 St. George's Church, Larnaca, 5 St. Hilarion, castle of, at Lefkosia, 171, 174, 189, 195, 199 St. Nicholas Church, Lefkosia, con verted into a granary, 63 St. Paul, his visit to Cyprus, 419 St. Sophia Cathedral, 60 Salamis, church of St. Barnabas. 147 Salamis, ruins of, 92, 98, 145 ; its his tory, 146 Salisbury, Lord, despatch to Sir A. H. Layard, 447, 448 Salt lakes at Larnaca, 22 ; Ceylon, 23 ; Evdimu, 252 ; Akrotiri, 259 Salt ; M. Gaudry's theory as to formation in lakes, 22 ; native belief as to same, 23 ; author supports the latter opinion, 23 ; existence of, upon the surface after rain, 23 ; in springs and wells, 23 ; upon the plains near Tri chomo, 23 ; on marshy plain near Famagousta, 24 ; a government monopoly, 24 ; one of the chief articles of export in early times, 24 ; monopoly of, 387 ; revenue from, 475, 478 Sand-drifts, or sand-dunes, 214 Sand-dunes, 105 Sanitary arrangements, want of, 164 Santa Croce, mountain of, 81 Santorim, island of, 156 Sargon, King of Assyria, discovery of statute of at Dali, 54 Savile, Captain, on the wine trade of Cyprus, 282 ; on taxation and cotton cultivation, 397 Scala and neighbourhood, taxes payable by inhabitants of, 386 Scenery, 59, 68, 70, 72, 78, 82, 103, 104, 109, 109-111, 113, 117, 137, «59. '74. «77, 188, 227, 250, 303, 3°5. 3°7, 368> 370, 373 Schools, necessity of, 409, 417 ' ' Shadoof, " or water-wheel, 352 Shells, fossil, 122 Sheep and their food, 7, 83, 406, 421 ; wild, 368; tax on, 386, 473, 47S, 482 ; price of mutton, 426 Shenna, used for dyeing, 186 Shooting party at Messaria, 50 Shot, stone, of Famagousta and Ky renia, 61 Shrubs ; oleanders, mastic, myrtles, 52 Shumach, exports of, 402 Sickness exceptional in 1878, 52

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