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Citation Information
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30 miscellaneous stalls, 240 tangas.
200 sellers of caps, value to 30,000 tangas exposed, and one-half sold=15,000 tangas:
10 women selling glue, 40 tangas.
2,000 loads of firewood, and grass for roofing, all sold at an average of 2 tangas= 4,000
tangas.
60 soap-sellers, 546 tangas.
50 uncured skin sellers, selling at an average of 2 tangas each = 1,000 tangas.
200 hawkers of bread and pies, 400 tangas.
LIVE-STOCK.
18 camels exposed for sale at 300 tangas to 500 tangas, none sold.
500 ponies for sale, ranging from 100 tangas to 400 tangas only, about 16 were sold =
2,400 tangas.
200 donkeys averaging 30 tangas each, 12 sold = 360 tangas.
875 sheep and goats offered for sale at an average :-
Sheep, 26 tangas 1
Goats, 14 J =10,000 tangas.
The butchers killed and exposed for sale (at 16 tangas per sheep) 200 sheep=3,200 tangas. 20 oxen at an average of 50 tangas=1,000 tangas. 10 horses, 500 tangas.
The smaller proportion of meat sold in the city, in comparison with that in the country markets, is due to the fact that the Aâsh shops are always open, and that there is little store kept at home.
Intermediate hawkers selling old cloths, saddles, and every description of property on account of any one requiring cash, at least 800 men and women circulating and doing this business= 2,000 tangas.
This represents an average day's sale and purchase, in addition to the trade done by the permanent shops at 101,746 tangas, that is, something over Rupees 20,000.
The larger purchases of country cloths which have been brought from the district markets must be added to this : these transactions are however carried on in the different serais, where the merchants trading with Almati are resident.
A careful estimate of the number of persons circulating in the city on market day gives as under :-
Outside the southern gate markets for cotton, poultry ... 2,500 souls.
From the gate towards the Aksu Serai ... 500 do.
453 double paces, 80 souls in every 10 paces 3,630 do.
In the Chowk in central market ... ... 1,000 do.
From the Chowk to the Dadkhwah's Urda, 141 paces (double) 1,120 do.
In the open space in front of the Dadkhwah's Urda . 1,000 do.
From this point to junction with 2nd bazaar, 300 double paces 2,400 do.
From this to the western gate, 513 double paces, at 50 men in each 10 paces 2,510 do.
Outside this gate ... ... . . . ... 500 do.
From this down to the bridge over Kizzil ... ... 1,000 do.
At the horse market ... 500 do.
„ sheep „ ... ... 400 do.
Separately at the thread stalls ... ... ... 200 do.
From the Chowk to the Aksu Serai, 140 double paces, at 25 men per 10 paces ... 350 do.
From the Serai along a straight gully, 172 double paces, at 30 men per 10 paces... 510 do.
From this to boot bazaar, 140 paces, in every 10 paces, 200 souls (a dance crowd) 2,800 do.
Eastwards a gully, 145 double paces, at the same estimate . . . ... 2,900 do.
From this point to the junction with the western gate, 243 double paces, in each
10 double paces, 150 souls ... ... ... ... ... 3,700 do.
This gives a total of 27,520 souls in circulation : it is further calculated one-fourth part of this number are women, and that one-third of the whole do not réside in the city which contributes from its population but two-thirds to the crowd on the market day.
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