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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...Velvets, 500 yards, at 21 tomans.......... 1,250 20. Cundles, 900 packets, at 1 kran 450 21. Indigo, 130 puds, at 1 toman 130 Total 57,270 Equal to 19,090 How M. Bakouline's estimate is arrived at I am unable to say, but from my personal observation of Astrabad, when just passing through, I should hardly have thought that the trade of Astrabad and Gez was so great. Mr. Consul Churchill, in his trade report dated January 10, 1876, for the years 1874-75, says that the annual imports of Astrabad amount to 100,00(1 tomans, and the exports to 300.000 tomans (35,000/. and 110,000/. respectively, because the toman there was worth more than it is at present). Again, Mr. Consul Churchill, in his report dated December 31, 1879, gives the exports of Astrabad, via Gez and Meshed-i-Ser, at 158,828/., and the imports at 84,382/. Consul Lovett, in his report dated March 20, 1882, gives the imports for the preceding year at 287,640/., and the exports at 86,280/. What appears chiefly to have caused this difference is that in 1879 the exports of cotton was 37,306/., and of Bokhara lambskin 60,13/.; whereas in 1881 they had fallen to 4,000/. and 21,000/. respectively, and the imports of piece goods which, in 1879, only amounted to 25,846/., had risen in 1881 to 256,000/. There can, therefore, be no doubt that the figures given above are incorrect, and I record them in order to show the difficulty in getting any trustworthy statistics. In addition to the above imports, amounting to 15,900/., the Astrabad agent says there were imports from other parts of Persia, amounting Natural product. Russian imports and ejt ports. to 3G, OOOZ., wliich would make the total imports 51,900/., and, according to the same authority, the total exports amount to 20,000/. The total annual prod...
