In 1884, Damascus imported 1313 sacks of tumbeki, value 1674_l._, from Bagdad. In the same year Erzeroum imported 9000 _okes_, value 1090_l._, from Persia. The leaf grown by the Herki Kurds and other cultivators in and around the district of Shemdina is highly prized in Persia. In 1884, the first year of their operations, the employés of the tobacco Régie only succeeded in registering a yield of 25,000 _okes_, but this amount represents less than a fifth of the estimated produce of the vilayet. It is believed, however, that 8000–10,000_l._ Turkish worth of Shemdina tobacco annually crosses the frontier into Persia. Trebizonde exports in 1884 were 20,167 cwt., value 56,849_l._ Inferior qualities are sent to Europe, good ones remain in Turkey, and the best go to Egypt. The shipments from Samsoun in 1884 were as follows:— ────────────────┬────────┬────────┬──────── │ │ Price. │ │ cwt. │£. s. d.│ £ To Turkey │ 29,210│4 0 0 │ 116,840 Austria │ 8,540│5 0 0 │ 42,700 France │ 5,756│1 4 2 │ 11,512 Egypt │ 4,176│4 0 0 │ 16,704 Germany │ 3,579│1 8 6 │ 5,096 Russia │ 1,730│6 0 0 │ 10,380 Great Britain│ 832│1 4 2 │ 1,002 Holland │ 712│1 12 0 │ 1,140 Greece │ 416│3 0 0 │ 1,248 │ ———————│ │ ——————— │ 54,951│ │ 206,622 ────────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────