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MINERALS.
Quantity aud value o£ each class of Mineral rninixl or
quarried dunnj* tbe rear
Mineral
!
Quantitr !
I Tons (a) I
Value
£(&")
Metallic
concent (in
case of me–
tallic ores)
Cupriferous Pyrites
Copper Precipitate
Sulphur
Asbestos
Gypsum
Terra Umbra
Manganese
Copperas
Magnesite
Chrome
Total
233,488
10
nil
5,400
9,338
257,641
248,441
245
nil
116,092
9,832
4,405
nil
uil
nil
nil
lO.tiOti
uil
nil
nil
nil
385,266
2 % copper
5 0 % sulphur
(a) Quantities exported.
ib) Value of exports as declared at Ci.3tom House.
State Area which has been -*e*'graphicall*" surrered. Note anv important
mineral deposits Icnowa to exist but not at present worked.
Cyprus has been surveyed geographically. There is no official
ideological Survey but books have been written by Mr. Albert
Gaudry and Mr. C. Y. Bellamy. There is also an official
report on " The Cupriferous Deposits of Cyprus *' by Professor
0. G. Cullis and Mr. A. Broughton Edge.
Mining Leases aud Licences and Pros–
pecting Permits granted during the
Tear.
No.of
Mining
Leases Jt Licenses.
No.of
Prospecting
Permits.
No. Of
new permits
issued
57
No. of
existing
permits
extended
83.
Oil Concessions and Prospecting
Permits {-ranted daring the jear.
No. of
Concession a
No.of
Prospecting
Pennits.
Total quantity j
of oil produced I
5.—WATER POWER.
Estimate of Total Water Power
in terms of h.p. capable of
development.
Such small power as there is
is so bound up with water
rights as to be unusable
Horse Power developed.
During che
year.
None
O p to date.
There is a
large num–
ber of native
flour mills of
from h to 1
h.p. each .
Concessions for Water Power,
Number of Concessions.
None
Horse Power to be developed.
None