In his Histoire de Malte, the French consul Dominique Miège wrote that hemp grew wild on the islands but was imported in great quantities for rope-making, putting the output at up to 1,000 tons of rope a year. Under the Order of St John (1530–1798) hemp, bought mainly through Venice, had rigged the Order's fleet and been woven into cloth for tents and awnings. Around 1850 there were more than 160 rope makers in Birgu, Senglea and Bormla. The Maltese writer Martin Morana found no record of hemp being used in Malta as a drug or medicine.[1]
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