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is about £40,000. About £10,000 worth is also brought to
Homs, most of which is sent to the district of Damascus.
Of the total amount brought to Aleppo and Hama, about
20 per cent, remains in the country, 50 per cent, goes to
Europe and 30 per cent, goes to Smyrna and Constantinople.
An inferior quality called semen gharlb is brought in petroleum
tins chiefly to Aleppo during October, November, and Decem
ber. It is very much adulterated and the whole of it is sent
to Egypt (Weakley). Besides these, a small quantity of
buffalo butter is brought from the Raqqah district and sent
to Egypt. (See also p. 274.)
Industries
Weaving .—The textile products of the towns of Homs and
Hama are famed throughout Turkish territory. There has
been an appreciable lowering of production within recent years
caused by the introduction of cheap European imitations.
Homs ranks with Aleppo as the largest manufacturing centre
The cloths of Homs are dearer and finer than those of Aleppo,
and are much sought after. Hama produces only a compara
tively small amount of cotton goods. The looms, of primitive
make, are usually set up in private houses, but there are
also a great many in small khans or kaiser-liks. In Homs
there are 10,000 looms for cotton, cotton and silk, and silk
stuffs ; in Hama there are only 1,000 looms used entirely
for cotton stuffs. These together form over one-third of the
total loom power of the whole of Syria (Weakley). It is
estimated that in Homs from £200,000 to £300,000 worth
of cloths are manufactured and sold every year, from 40 to 70
per cent, of the total being taken by Egypt. (See also pp. 284ff.)
Dyes and Dyeing .—There are 22 dye-houses at Homs, 10 at
Hama, 3 at Idlib, and 2 at Harim (1910). Dye-houses vary in
size from 5 to 70 troughs (Weakley). (See also p. 287.)
Olive Oil .—There are three factories for olive-oil soap in
Idlib and one in Riha, and the soap produced from the
district of Idlib in a normal year amounts to about 450 tons
(Weakley).