ملف رقم ٥٢ لسنة ١٩١٢ الجزء ١ "يوميّات بلاد فارس" [ظ‎‎١‎٧‎٢] (٩٠٠/٣٤٩)

I, M. Press, Simla.— -No. C.-25 F. I).—I6-4G3. 25, J,N.B.
Ethnography/
122 . Rumoured Colonisation in Trans-Cassia. —A proposal is on foot to found
a Russian settlement in the Chikishliyar Pristavate on the A trek river.
Military.
123. Rumoured Reduction of Russian Garrison in Khorasan. —It is propose! to
reduce the present Russian garrison in this province to about 500 men, viz., 2
companies of a Rifle Battalion and machine-gun detachment with 4 maxims, and
1 sotnya of Cossacks at Meshed. Kuchan would no longer be occupied, but a
second Cossack sotnya would be distributed between Meshed and posts on the Meshed-
Gaudan road. No official information regarding the change has as yet been com
municated to the Officer Commanding the Garrison.
124. Tashkend Eastern Language Institute. —-Six Officers of the Turkistan Mili
tary District qualified in an eight-months’ course in Eastern Languages at this
institution during 1912; five in a one-years, and two in a 2 -years course of Chinese.
125. English vice German. —Commencing from the current year, boys entering
the Tashkend Cadet School (Kadetski Korpus) will be given instruction in English
instead of in German.
126. Ordnance: —One thousand and five hundred new rifles have been re
ceived at the Askhabad Arsenal.
Resources.
127. Peasants’ Banks. —According to the Trans-Caspian Review, this movement
has made great progress in the last year, and there are few native settlements
without their local bank. Turkomans are said to appreciate and to take kindly
to the new institutions.
128. Cotton.—According to the Trans-Caspian Review, the cotton crop in Rus
sian Central Asia for 1912 furnished upwards of 260,000 tons of pure cotton. Trans-
Caspia provided 10 % of the total amount. These figures are higher than those
furnished by the Moscow Cotton Committee.(Reference paragraph 37 .)
In 1911, 28,300 tons of cotton oil were exported from Russian Central Asia,
89% of the quantity being supplied by Ferghana. The total exceeded the export
for 1910 by over 3,000 tons.
129. Agricultural Colleges. —A credit of upwards of £70,000 has been requested
for the construction of Agricultural Colleges in Russian Central Asia.
E. A. F. REDL, Major,
Military Attache.
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