| District. | Area. | Population. | |
| Perovski | 95,965 | sq. versts | 133,784 |
| Chimkent | 100,808 | ” ” | 285,180 |
| Tashkent | 40,380 | ” ” | 500,015 |
The Perovski district notwithstanding the good qualities of its soil produces very little corn; its chief population consists of nomadic Kirghiz who together own 990,000 head of cattle, the export cattle trade for the district amounting to 2,000,000 roubles annually. Small tracts of wheat and millet are cultivated here and there with the aid of tchigirs, native watering-pumps. The water is brought up from the river by means of a wheel, along the rim of which are fixed earthenware jugs or cylindrical vessels of sheet iron. These vessels raise the water to the height of the bank, whence it is very readily distributed. The best corn-lands are situated in the Djulek sub-district; but the primitive methods of agriculture existing amongst the nomads, in conjunction with the deficiencies in the irrigation system, explain at once the lack of cereal development in these areas.
KIRGHIZ ELDERS
Perovski was taken by Count Perovski on July 28, 1853, and in honour of the occasion by Imperial order the fortress was renamed Fort Perovski. Close to the town there is a memorial to the Russian soldiers who fell during that engagement.
The present population comprises:
| Males. | Females. | Total. |
| 3197 | 1969 | 5166 |
| Orthodox Russians | 1050 |
| Jews | 130 |
| Dissenters | 210 |
| Tartars | 450 |
| Sarts and Kirghiz | 3326 |
The town contains: