IIIF Color HighRes
National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
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| Across Asia : vol.1 |
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Citation Information
RECORDS OF THE JOURNEY
houses and 1,200 inhabitants, Dji (5 Karyses) 6o houses and 300 inhabitants and Löziun 120 houses and 500 inhabitants in the S; 1 Shang-ja for the villages of Paka bulaq (8 Karyses) and Togung with 150 houses and 450 inhabitants together; i for the villages of Yämshi and Yämshi Karys (io Karyses) with 200 houses and i,000 inhabitants together; i for Qara Khoja with r,ioo houses and 3,5004,000 inhabitants; i for Astana with 800 houses (15 shops, 2 of which Andijan.) and 3,50o inhabitants; 1 for Sengim (15 Karyses) 150 houses and 500 inhabitants; i for Murtuk with 150 houses and 450 inhabitants; and i for the villages of Yangi khe and Yangi khe karys with 200 houses and 1,000 inhabitants together.
In the Toqsun area there are, in addition to 2 Chinese and 2 Dungan Shang-ja for the Chinese and Dungan population, 1 for the town of Toqsun with about 300 houses (200 shops); 1 for Ilan lik (2o Karyses) with 150 houses; 1 for Khodun (18 Karyses) with 200 houses and 1 for Nankho (11 Karyses) with 120 houses. In the Toqsun area 3-4 persons
| of either sex may be calculated per house. In the Turfan and Qara Khoja area: wheat —1 /5 part, yield 3 —5-10 fold | |||||
| gaolyan | — 1/5 | » | » | 7 —15 -20 | » |
| cotton | —2/5 | » | » | 10 | » |
| kunsjut |
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| fruit | — 1/5 | » | » | 2 | » |
The total quantity sown excepting Qara Khoja is about 4,50o dadan. In the Toqsun area:
| wheat | —1/4 part, yield | 8 fold | |||
| gaolyan | — 2 /4 | » | » | 15 | » |
| cotton | — 1 /8 | » | » | 20 | » |
| kunsjut | — i /8 | » | » | 2 | » |
The total quantity sown is about 1,600 dadan (1 dadan = 12 poods) . Grain is sold, especially wheat.
Grass is grown on a very small scale throughout the Turfan district. Straw is used as fodder. 17,000 tan of grain are levied annually in taxes in the whole district.
The annual output in the Turfan and Pichan districts together is: cotton ioo,000 poods — formerly loo djin of cotton fetched 5 lan, now the price is 7-10 lan; wheat 1 million poods; gaolyan 4 million poods; grapes 1/2 million poods (about ioo,000 poods are dried for raisins); melons and watermelons for 48,000 lan; wool 200,000 poods and i oo,000 hides (sheep).
In the Turfan district there are 12 factories for dressing cotton, the machinery having come from Moscow. The output of cotton is so small that the factories are idle for a great part of the year. There are also 160 flourmills and 15 oilmills and in the Toqsun district 15 flourmills and 3 oilmills.
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