There is a spring and an autumn fair at the capital.*
Leaving now the trade of Tashkend in particular,
and passing to the trade of Russian Central
Asia in general, I may observe that the first authority
upon this subject is M. Petrovsky, whom I met in
Petersburg, and who in 1873 published a report on
the trade statistics of Turkistan, since which date I am
not aware that anything so complete has been issued, f
M. Petrovsky, in his table of exports leaving
Turkistan at four points of exit— namely, Tashkend,
Aulie-Ata, Kazala, and Khojend in 1872, enumerates
about fourscore articles of merchandise, of the total
value of ,£648,392,+ whilst in his corresponding table
* The administration of the fair in 1879 cost ¿£1,103 f° r office rent
and salaries of secretaries, treasurer, storekeeper, etc., besides ¿£6o for
keeping clean and watering the bazaar square and streets, and ¿£80
for supplying the bazaar square with water. This fair was established
by the Russians. Dr. Schuyler, who was in Tashkend in 1873, judged
it anything but a success. Whether it is likely to become so I know
not, but it would appear that in 1877 the value of the goods, cattle,
fruit, and com imported there amounted to ¿£100,323.
t This report, I have no doubt, yvas in the hands of Dr. Schuyler,
and probably helped him in his treatment of the subject, which is so
masterly and full that I shall deem it sufficient to give thei outlines of
Turkistan imports and exports from M. Petrovsky, adding thereto such
information as I have received of a more recent date.
$ They are as follows^®
£ £
Cottons . . . . r57> 393 Native Silk Stuffs , . 985
Tick . . . . 22,040 Carpets . . 1,208
Mitkal and Biaz . . . . 13.595 Half-silk Stuffs (Native manufac-
Cambrics . . . . . 73° • ture) . 6,110
Sarpinka . . . . . i ,7i 5 Plush . . . . . . 608
Nankin . . . - . 44 Russian Shawls and Kerchiefs . 3,203
Reps . . . . . . 627 Native Shawls and Kerchiefs 996
Lasting . . . . . 198 Wearing Apparel, Horsecloths
Picque (Quilting) 124 and Covers . . . 2,834
Native Cotton Stuffs . 54-255 Khalats and other Native ClothRussian
Cotton Yarn . ing • .................................... 19,284
Native Cotton Yam . 2,006 Hosiery . . . . . 4.855
Linen and Flax Cloth 185 Harness . . . i,3°4
Cloth Tricot and Half-cloth 8,467 Raw Cotton 86,770
Woollen and Half-woollen Stuffs 1,026 Raw Silk . . . . . 76,246
Camel's Hair-cloth 106 Sarnac Silk. . . . . 817
Woollen Fabrics (Felts, Ropes, Wool and Camel’s Hair 1,384
and Sacks) . . . . 4,676 Goat’s Hair . . . . 39
Russian Silk Stuffs 386 Goat’s Wool . . . . 544
of imports entering Turkistan at Tashkend, Kurama,
Kazala, Khojend, Perovsk, and Samarkand, he
enumerates a few more items,* with a total value of
,£1,397,982, showing an excess of imports into Turkistan
of .£749,589. This was the condition of things
in 1872, since which time commercial prospects, from
a Russian point of view, do not appear to have
improved, but rather grown worse— if, that is, the
Horsehair
Pelts .
Black Tea
Green Tea
Brick Tea
Sugar.
Sand Sugar
Candies
Russian Honey
Native Honey
Fruit, fresh and dried
Stationery .
Wine and Brandy
Spices and Narcbtics
Drugs and Medicaments
Dyes .
Native Tobacco .
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigars and Cigarettes
Tin (pewter?)
Mercury
Copper
Chinese Copper .
Copper in manufacture
Iron .
Sheet Iron .
Iron in manufacture
* They are as follows :—
Cotton Fabrics
Tick .
Mitkal and Biaz
Cambrics .
Sarpinka
Nankins
Reps .
Lasting
Quilting
Native Cotton Fabrics
Russian Cotton Yarn
Native Cotton Yarn
Linen and Linen Cloth
Cloth, Tricot, and Half-cloths
Woollen and Half-woollen Stuffs
Camel’s Hair Cloth (Armiachina)
Woollen Fabrics (Felts, Rope, and
S a c k s ) ....................................
Russian Silk Fabrics . 1
1I,OII
17,225
22,148
13.437
666
6,966
1,6 74
2.655
435
76 15.416,
1,088
2,491
914 2,987
8,878
492
397
21
74
32
3,000
594
8 11
5 ,12 6
335
1,678
’£
293,674
89,087
44.345
12 ,364
5.339
186
847
I.OT3
1 1 4
97.647
24,690
4.003
582
19 ,1 18
19 .455
144
7,728
* ,6 7 4
Steel . . . .
Cast Iron ware .
Leather goods
Scythes and Sickles (?)
Russian Soap
Native Soap
Tallow
Stearine Candles
Tallow Candles
Oil . . .
Clover Seed
Various Seed
Poppy Husks
Rice . . . .
Bread Stuffs, etc.
Various Utensils
Writing Paper .
Wood-work
Printed Books and MSS.
Glass . . . .
Haberdashery, Trinkets, etc.
Various
Small articles
Silver (Khokands and Yamb:
Cattle
Total
>s)
£
807 245,,281030
*35
64
•34
1,612
112
27
244
44
42
125
2,419
517
438
287
3.429
70
126
2,705 1,707
3.°77
385
1,489
¿648,392
Native Silk Fabrics
Carpets . . . .
Native Half-Silk Fabrics .
Plush . . . . .
Russian Shawls and Kerchiefs
Native Shawls and Kerchiefs
Tents . . .
Quilts, Horsecloths, and Covers
Khalats and Native made-up
Clothing.
Hosiery
Harness . . .
Raw Cotton
Raw Silk .
Samac Silk
Sheep's Wool and Camel’s Hair
Goat’s Wool
Horsehair .
Pelts . . . .
£
7,088
8,666
22,023
1.56s
14.501
596
r5>397 2,401
781,,550483
81,685
5.965
582
77
880
15.769