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Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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In addition to this are 100 Kirghiz tents scattered throughout the Tiggur Mati and Sugun valleys, belonging to its different tribes and grouped permanently under the Artush Hakim.
= 1,000 kurs.
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„ „ 10 Tursun Bai ...
„ „ 1 Mahomed Tokhta
These men trade direct „ „ 1 Mahomed Ali ...
with Almati and purchase I „ 1 Mahomed Aluneen
cloth made up in the dis- 5 „ „ 8 Hajee Alatip
trict. „ - „ 1 Abdûl Russel
„ „ 19 Abdlll Russûl
„ 3 Abdul Rehman
„ „ 11 Mullah Nax
L „ „ 2 Abdul Ghujar
Trade is only allowed to pass to Almati by the Chakmâk route, but the Kirghiz of Tiggur Mati have a direct, though difficult, line of communication with Naryn by Kâ.ramati.
Bazaar on Monday ; on the 15th February the. people did not collect till afternoon, and the shops did not do much business until after 1 or 2 o'clock ; about 4,000 people assembled, of whom 500 were women. Shops as follow :-
24 Purchasers of country cloth.
21 Sellers of cotton.
53 Cloth, spices, and miscellaneous stores. 20 Sellers of country manufactured cloths. 10 Ditto of soap.
9 Ditto of tobacco. 20 Ditto of oil.
10 Ditto of boots, &c.
10 Ditto of leather.
3 Men employed in pegging and heeling
boots.
20 Basket sellers.
15 Sellers of matting.
10 Ditto of earthenware vessels.
About 100 sheep and 60 cattle were exposed for sale.
About 400 sellers of cotton (women) were present with thread, each woman having about 3 jings of thread, the sale of each amounting to about 6 tangas.
About 500 men presented themselves to sell country cloth.
In comparison with other bazaars the sale of cotton was very small ; it would appear that scarcely any cotton is grown in the Artush district, but that it is brought from Kanarik.
The price of cotton at Artush is from 9 to 9i tangas the charak, in comparison with 8 to 81 at Kanarik.
Profit in cotton thread is as follow :—Each woman purchases about 3 tangas worth of cotton and works it into thread, about 4 jings of cotton being obtained with this amount ; this produces 3 jings of thread.
This sells at the rate of 2 tangas per jing, giving the woman a profit of 3 tangas during the week ; in each case the 3 tangas thus obtained would seem to be invested in necessary purchases for the week, and the remaining 3 in cotton to be worked up before the next market day.
The total sale of cotton in one day was about 63 maunds at 474 tangas per
maund ... ... ... = 2,984 tangas.
Purchase of country cloths amounted to 50 horse loads, each load 2 maunds
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Trades in the Artush District.
Village No. 10 Chung-oche-chung, having property
This man trades with Almati. 3 Koséh
10 Suffi Bai
500 700 300 1,000 60 „ 80 „
9 Sellers of wooden articles.
11 Ditto of country matches. 14 Ditto of spices.
10 Ditto of silk articles. •
32 Ditto of grain.
48 Ditto of fruit and vegetables.
16 Ditto of hats.
9 Workers in iron.
1 Goldsmith.
1 Dyer.
28 Sheep butchers.
2 Beef ditto.
22 Bakers and Ash-paz.
10 seers, amounting to at 400 tungas per load to ...
= 2,000
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