Manufactured goods 204,530 poods. Iron and steel 68,501 ” Dried fruits 101,156 ” Raisins 49,233 ” Black tea 20,718 ” Green tea 6,061 ” Wine grapes 14,105 ” Kerosene 104,317 ” Naphtha refuse 23,402 ” Refined sugar 85,246 ” Sanded sugar 23,905 ” Salt 24,442 ” Military stores 112,506 ” _Table of Exports--1901_ Wheat 378,058 poods. Rice 194,574 ” Skins and undressed hides 44,409 ” Hemp seed, flax seed, and grasses 19,784 ” Spirits 26,620 ” Undressed sheep-skins 57,899 ” Cotton 241,484 ” Military stores 108,794 ” The passenger traffic into Tashkent over the Central Asian line was: 1901 _Arrivals._ _Departures._ 48,515 47,213 During the few years which have elapsed since the figures were compiled the Orenburg-Tashkent railway has been opened, this happy accomplishment at once becoming a factor of the greatest economic importance in the commerce of Central Asia. [1] 1 Verst = ⅔ mile English. [2] 1 Sagene = 7 feet English. [3] 1 pood = 36 lbs. [4] 1 rouble = two shillings. CHAPTER II THE KHANATE OF BOKHARA, THE PROVINCE OF SAMARKAND, THE DISTRICTS OF TASHKENT AND MERV [Illustration: SHIR DAR, SAMARKAND] The Khanate of Bokhara, across which lies the direct line of any advance upon Afghanistan, is the most important of the Russian protected states in Central Asia. It is situated in the basin of the Amu Daria between the provinces of Trans-Caspia on the west, of Samarkand and Ferghana on the north and east; while, in the south, the course of the Oxus separates, along 500 versts of the frontier, the dominions of Bokhara from those of Afghanistan.