In the towns of the province in 1881 there were
1,526 master, journeymen, and apprentice artisans, or
1 to every 12 of the male inhabitants ; among the
Cossack and peasant populations there were 571 artisans,
or 1 to every 19 males; and among the Kirghese
were 4,155 artisans, which is 1 to every 62 males.*
and 31 left the work, of whom 16 returned; the monthly pay of a workman
with food being from 8 to 12 shillings. To these workers should
be added 641 horses and 31 oxen.
* The following were their occupations :—
T o w n s p e o p l e .
Bakers
Pa stiy Cooks
Butchers
Tailors
Shoemakers
Dressmakers
Leather Cutters
Masons and Stove-builders
Carpenters and Cabinet-makers
Coppersmiths and Blacksmiths
Harness-makers
Carriage-makefs
Clock-makers
Silversmiths
Carriers . ,
Farriers , ,
Total
Masters. J ourneymen. Apprentices.
2I
18 — —
6 I S— -r
93 41 --- "
89 12 4
206 10 5
9 40
25 4
112 22 —
369 62 8
107 37 • —
2*5 -—
4 i
10 2
146 37 .. AT'e ;
16 ’ 2 '--- .
1,233
to
Go
20
C o s s a c k s a n d P e a s a n t s .
Blacksmiths and Locksmiths . . . . . . 40
Carpenters and Cabinet-makers . . . . . i‘6 i
Stove-builders and Masons . . . . . . 36
T ailor s. - , ." „ ,■ r . , • . . , ; 44
Shoemakers, . . , . . . . . . 289
Total . . . . . . 571
K i r g h e s e .
Blacksmiths and Locksmiths a . . . . . 6 8 1
Tailors . . . . . . . . . . 243
Shoemakers , . , . ■ . . . . . 1,319
Saddle and Hamess-makers . . . . . . 605
Silversmiths and Cop persmiths ...................................................... 298
Cabinet-makers, Turners, etc. . . . . . . 1,009
Total , . . . . . 4,155
The trade of the province is to some degree indicated
by the number and quality of the trading certificates
granted in the year preceding my visit to 3,217
persons, of whom only three took first-class guild
merchants’ licences and 34 first-class tickets, the
remainder being licences and tickets of the second
guild and for retail traders, carriers, etc., the whole at
a cost of £3,148, which was ^352 more than in 1880.
The trading waggons, or movable shops, that wander
about the Kirghese vollosts, numbered 268, and the
shops in the towns and villages 526. A t the 10 fairs
of the province, merchandise changed hands to the
value of ,£245,082.*
* The 10 fairs are held on the following dates (O. S.)
1. Charsk, in Semipolatinsk district, 10th May to 10th June.
2. Botovsk (Kuiandinsk), in Karkaralinsk, ,, 15th May to 15th June.
3. Charsk, in Semipolatinsk district, 10th Sept. to 10th Oct.
4. Joanno-Zlatoiustovsk, in Pavlodar district, 13th Nov. to 1st Dec.
5. Ekaterininsk, in Semipolatinsk ,, 24th Nov. to 2nd Dec.
6. Ekaterininsk, in Ust-Kamenogorsk ,, 24th Nov. to 9th Dec.
7: Nikolsk, in -,, „ 6th Dec. to 20th Dec.
8. Spiridonoff, in Pavlodar „ 12th Dec. to 22nd Dec.
9. Christmas, Urlyutyup ,, „ 25th Dec. to 2nd Jan.
10. Christmas,Bukhtarminsk,Ust-Kamenogorsk,, 25thDec.to 10th Jan.
The' sum expended was thus distributed:—
Manufactures and colonial goods, grocery and small wares
Iron and -copper, in manufactured articles and unwrought
Dressed hides . . . . . . . ,
Flour and grain . . . . . . . .
Central Asian textures and fruits'
Peasant productions . . . . . . .
Butter and tallow . . . . . . .
Felt and camel-hair cloth . . . . . .
Camel’ s, go a t’s, and other hair, lambskins, etc.
Sheep’ s wool (dj'edag)
Other g o o d s ......................................................................
95 Camels - . ; v " ,
836 Horses . . . . . . . . .
16,595 Homed Cattle . , .
290,205 Sheep , . i . . 4 '..■■■ ...
£
66,341
3.962
3.083
7.550
6,783
177
5 , 1 4 1
1 ,15 9
6,470
5,532
3.803
399
2 >ò3'7
30,356
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