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' The cheapness of living in Cyprus is extraordinary , considering the declining state of the island . Mr. Vondiziano (British Consul) with all expenses of the Consulate , a wife and five children , a large house , six servants , two janizaries , a carriage , horse and mule spends 5000 piastres a year . (£1=17.30 Piastres). Servants' wages (men-servants the dearest) a few years ago were only from fifty to sixty piastres a year ; but now they are generally ten and sometimes even twenty piastres a month .' |
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The Municipal Market-Larnaca
