Cyprus as it was in 1879

I’ve stambled upon an interesting book at Project Gutenberg. The book is called “Cyprus. As I Saw It In 1879” and it is written by by Sir Samuel White Baker.

Those who don’t like reading books, can imagine this text as a blog of this Samuel White Baker guy. It is an good set of travelling notes, that includes descriptions of the places and people, notes on politics and economy, as well as observations and statistics.

Here is an interesting statistical sample from the first quarter of the book:

(The census of Nicosia, taken on 31st January, 1879, represents the
population as follows:--
	
    No. of houses:--  2,463
	
    Population by sex:--
	
    Males above 15 . . . . . . . .  3,773
    Males under 15 . . . . . . . .  1,900
    Females above 14 . . . . . . .  3,718
    Females under 14 . . . . . . .  1,806
    Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,197
	
    Population by religion:--
	
    English . . . . . . . . . . . .    28
    Greek Church. . . . . . . . . . 5,251
    Catholics . . . . . . . . . . .   121
    Mohammedans . . . . . . . . . . 5,628
    Armenians . . . . . . . . . . .   166
    Jews. . . . . . . . . . . . . .     3
    Total . . . . . . . . . . . .  11,197  )