The trade and traffic of Charjui, one of the most active stations on the Central Asian system, is as follows: Passengers. _Arrivals._ _Departures._ 37,331 36,796 _Imports._ Military stores 280,399 poods. Refined sugar 63,534 ” Sanded sugar 20,043 ” Yarn and thread 26,320 ” Kerosene 95,303 ” Timber 325,390 ” Manufactures 45,661 ” Iron 34,287 ” Spirits 13,709 ” Wine grapes 13,681 ” Green tea 21,373 ” Rice 48,876 ” Wheat flour 117,593 ” Goods, various 714,175 ” _Exports._ Raisins. 10,985 poods. Skins 12,321 ” Manufactured goods 8,499 ” Carpets 11,073 ” Sheep skins 18,508 ” Caracal 3,805 ” Cotton seed 85,825 ” Cotton. 516,641 ” Wool 104,243 ” Goods (various) 191,584 ” The combined population of the town comprises 7569: _Russians._ _Natives._ _Men._ _Women._ _Men._ _Women._ 2247 1254 2651 1417 The Russian quarter contains: Houses 469 Schools 3 General hospital 1 Military hospitals 2 Clubs 2 In addition to this there is an extensive botanical nursery, similar to that which exists at Farab and devoted to the same purpose. Equally with Farab it serves as headquarters for the Amu Daria flotilla, which plies between Patta Hissar on the south and Petro Alexandrovsk and Khiva on the north. Traffic upon the river has increased in proportion to the development of trade along the Central Asian railway, the steamer and general communication on the Amu Daria, taken in conjunction with the caravan routes between Charjui and the outlying parts of the Khanates of Bokhara and Khiva, combining to render it a point of supreme importance. [Illustration: THE KARA KUM--BLACK SANDS]