‘A report on Cyprus.’ [‎6v] (12/28)

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English. English children have been sent to it with good results.
But once the preparatory stage is passed it would be necessary
to send children to England or elsewhere.
For those who wish to have their children educated in England
while not living there themselves Cyprus is advantageous because
of its proximity. The P and 0.’ run school steamers in the
summer holidays, the return fare being about £15. But this is
the hottest time of year in Cyprus, so that if it meant sending
mother and child to the hills with additional hotel expenses, the
cost, together with other incidental expenses, would be not less
than £10.
Those who do not wish their children to become Colonial^
must inevitably face certain expenses, and for them, Cyprus has
much to recommend it,
5. Recreational. —There is an 18 hole golf course at Nicosia
with a £2-2-0 entrance and £2-2-0 annual subscription. There are
three other indifferent 9 hole courses at Famagusta, Kyrenia and
Limassol.
Tennis can be played on hard courts at the English clubs and
at the hill resorts.
Shooting is free except for a 15/- licence. The import duty
on a gun is £5 and a gun licence £1. Cartridges are expensive
about 25/- a hundred. Luck and snipe are to be had in certain
districts, chiefly Limassol. Apart from them the principal game
is the red legged partridge, the same in appearance and habit as the.
Himalayan “chikor”, also woodcock.
If shooting alone a good dog is essential.
(There is a six months quarantine for dogs, which may be
extended to nine months if the animal comes from a bad rabies
country.)
I believe Limassol is considered the best shooting district,
but partridges and hares are found all over the Island.
There is no river fishing and sea fishing is poor. Polo is no
longer played in Cyprus nor are there any hounds, though both
these sports were carried on in the past.
Fairly good ponies and light horses are bred. There used to
be a considerable e^ort to Egypt, which has ceased entirely.
Cyprus bred ponies would not live with the class of horse now used
in first class polo. For anyone fond of riding however there is no
difficulty in finding a well-bred horse or pony, the produce of one
or other of the Government T. B. stallions which are available
to breeders. From what I have seen of the country in the course
of a three -weeks tour there is little ground of the sort that invite?
riding for riding’s sake. A pack of hounds or a bobbery pack
would make all the difference. There are plenty of foxes I believe.