The trade movement is:
| Passengers. | ||
| Arrivals. | Departures. | |
| 13,045 | 15,441 | |
| Imports. | ||
| Iron and steel | 357,778 | poods. |
| Merchandise. | 3,717 | ” |
| Exports. | ||
| Cotton | 35,905 | poods. |
| Goods (various) | 28,322 | ” |
Charjui, opposite to Farab at the crossing of the Oxus, lies 1070 versts from Krasnovodsk and 677 versts from Tashkent. The town is situated in the midst of a fertile oasis lying along the banks of the Amu Daria. The Russian settlement is close to the station, but 16 versts away there is the native centre from which it derives its name. This border stronghold surmounts a hill to the south of the railway line, bearing in its rugged outline a faint resemblance to Edinburgh Castle. The settlement, nestling at its foot, contains the headquarters of the 17th Turkestan Rifle Battalion. The local force amounts to one battalion of Turkestan Rifles and one squadron of Cossacks. The Russian quarter, built upon ground presented by the Amir to the Russian Government, covers a wide area upon the left bank of the stream and extends along both sides of the railway. The point is of extreme interest, since it is here that the original bridge over the Amu Daria was constructed. The new work, a magnificent steel girder affair only lately opened, takes the place of the earlier wooden structure which, some 4600 yards in length, withstood the effects of climate and the stream for many years.
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 |