The yield of opium last year was practically the same as in 1913, amounting to about 17,000 okes (47,000 pounds), all of it being produced in Malatia. Only about half of this amount, valued at $75,000, has been exported. The price fluctuated considerably last season, varying from $1.50 to $5 per pound. The average price here is about $4 per pound. The fruit crop last year was much less than usual, as the trees were badly damaged by hailstorms in May and much of the fruit destroyed before it was ripe. There was only about half an average crop of almonds, grapes, apples, pears, and plums. The price of almonds, however, is only 9 piasters an oke (13 cents a pound), about half the usual price, because none were exported. The crop of apricots was about average, and the peach crop only a little below the average. +Lack of Fuel--Machinery for Artesian Well.+ The lack of fuel is one of the greatest problems of this region. The only wood obtainable is scrub oak sapplings, all of which has to be brought here on the backs of donkeys from a distance of two or three or even four days' journey. The price is advancing each year as the supply is getting scarcer and the wood brought from greater distances. There is no way by which coal or wood could be brought here from other places. The recent discovery of a deposit of coal in the Paloo region, two days' journey from Harput, aroused hopes that this problem might be partially solved, but the coal has proved to be of inferior quality and hardly worth bringing here. The machinery for the artesian well mentioned in the last two annual reports from this consulate was recently set up and drilling has begun under the direction of a native engineer, but as yet without results. WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1915 End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Supplement to Commerce Reports Daily Consular and Trade Reports, by Leslie A. Davis