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2.—FO RESTRY—wrainued.
Concession* and Permita ~"
— General-information regarding the industry-ami tha ..
possibilities of development .
Concessions, cutting
permits, etc.
No.
Area covered.
Sta
Permits for cutting :
(«) "timl>er *
(ft) fuel**
Permits for thedistilla-
* tion of origanum oil
Grazing and other
permits ... ...
Is Forest*.
.130
722
1
484
Chnrr/t. Monaster.at and Pi
anul Woodlan
No reliable returns are' available
Dertned_Jocally
~ oh the spot.
236.00 sq. miles
Defined locally
on the spot.
ivatfi /-(B-M/d
th.
T h e present area of State forests is 6.33 3q. miles representing
1 8 % of the total area of the island. Approximately 1 4 % of
these forests are situated in the hill catchment areas. T h e
remainder consist of scrub forests or plantations in the plains.
T h e principal forest species are :-—
Pinus halepensis ; Pinus nigra, var. carantanica ; Cupressus
semprrrvirens ; Cedrus brevifolia ; Platanus arientalis;
Ainu* orientalii; Quercus alnifolia ; Arbutus andrachne ;
Juniperus species..•; ,
_,-•••
. T h e -main hill forests are m a n a g e d primarily for water
conservancy. T h e y are.also the principal sources of timber.
T h e lowland forests and'plantations yield a large part of the
island's fuel and charcoal supply. '* • •
" '••' •
Local timber and forest industries have been entrusted to
private enterprise, which has developed rapidly in recent.years.
T h e Forest Department's sawmills, of which there are six in
operation, are leased to private timber companies.
Approximately 2 5 . 5 % of the island's timber consumption
is supplied from the State forests.
It is expected that the outturn of local timber will be increased
as m o r e of the m a i n forests c o m e under working plan organization.
* Permits for small quantities issued to villagers.
3.—FISHERIES.
Catch of Fisii.
Kind of Fish.
Asheli (Eel; ... j
Barbonni . Red '
Mullet) ... j
Fan*rri (Gobr)
Hanuos
Hrajida
Kefaios (Grey ;
Mullet) ... !
Litaa ...
Lithrini
Melanoma
Milokopi
Mineri (Tunny)
Murmuros
Octapndi (Octa-
pus) ...
Orphos (Bass)
Sinagrida
Skillos
Smirna (rock eel)
Sorkos...
Soura (Bonito)
Stringla
S o m a (cattle
fish)
Vati
Toppa (Mackerel)
Various
Sponges
Total
Quantity.
okes
Landed
VII
lue.
j - -
3,945
2,828
2,233 i
1,434 :
15 !
16,916 :
1,838 ;
308
2,965 i
1,778
4,772
5,319
533
305
(>
2,500
:j«l
166
131
103
1,485
100
•J 8
213
120
186
373
53
15
- I
504
4,350
;
2,190 ]
13,188
4,372
2,243
5,324
27,748
128,473
5,276
27 i
291 i
110
1.216 j
248 !
99 !
278 |
1,280
£9,421 |
£7,250 !
N u m b e r of boats
and persons
engaged in fishing.
N u m b e r of boats
engaged in fishing
252 (including 38
spouge boats.)
N u m b e r of persons
engaged in fishing
British Cypriots 553
Foreigners ... 306
Total
General information regarding
the industry and the possibilities
of its development.
859
In the sea round Cyprus there are plenty of
fish hut unfortunately the Cypriot is not a fisher–
man. Few of them will go out except iu the very
best of weather and iu consequence tbe supply of
fi3h is not equal to the demand. T h e nnmber of
boats has certainly increased of late years but there
is still plenty of room for improvement. Three
Italian and one Greek sailim-- crawlers did c*ood
jwork during the year and demonstrated the
. practicability of increasing the production of this
! very valuable article of diet by more up-to-date
; methods than those practised by Cypriots.
The sponge fishing has since the year 1903 been
I entirely under the control of the Government.
1
T h efishingis principally carried on by fishermen
j from the Greek Islands w h o arrive,in the Island in
j the spring andfishthrough the s u m m e r . .-_
m
.
I Each boat must be provided . with a., Jicence
I according to capacity, the following fees being
| charged:—
j (a) For each boat fitted with £ s.
machine diving apparatus, crew not
exceeding 30 persons ... ... 1 0
!• (b) For each boat fitted with the
! '"Fernez" apparatus only, crew not
i exceediug 15 persons ... ... 1 0
j (/j For each boat with naked
divers, crew not exceeding 8 persons 1 0
j (d) For each boat with harpoon
| (kamaki), crew not exceeding 6
persons ...
... ... - 10
In addition to the licence fee Machine Boats
and Boats with divers pay 2 5 % of their catch to
Government and Harpoon Boats 20*6.
ln 1934 18 Harpoon and 14 Machine Boats
from the Greek Islands and 1 Cypriot Machine
Boat worked from M a y to September.
The total catch was 5,276 okes.