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countries bordering on Turkestan to acquire
passports signed by their own local authorities
with the vis6 of the Russian Consulate before
they will be permitted to enter or reside in the
Russian dominions in Central Asia.
The railway bridge over the River Aris" on
the Orenburg line was formally opened on the
24th November, when the first train, carrying
passengers from Tashkend, crossed it at full
speed. The bridge is about 229 yards long
and cost 735,000 roubles. It has three spans
of about 70 yards each, the girders of which
are interchangeable with those over the Amu
Darya and the Syr Darya, which are of the
same pattern.
Reports from Resht state that a dozen
troop boats and four petroleum launches have
been sent to the Amu Daria.
Cholera has broken out at many places
on the Central-Asian Railway: at Tashkend
deaths among the garrison number 15 a day,
and the disease is making head way in Samar
kand.
It is reported from Karez that the
Russians are much afraid of a disturbance
among the Turkomans, should Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Nasrulla
Khan visit Herat. A rumour exists that the
Turkomans have intimated to the Amir their
willingness to rise against the Russians.
Thirteen hundred Hazara families have
crossed the Oxus into Russian Turkestan.
KHORASAN.
Meshed.-lt is now stated that, in addition
to the Russian telegraphists already reported as
hemg on the Meshed-Seistan line (see Journal
for December), there is one stationed at Kain
YmJ n6W nlan ^ arrived at Bir jand from
The Russians have acquired, for their new
! 7,000 zars of lantl outside
the walls of Meshed city between the Ark and
the Idgah gates. The land was the propertv of
the Rais-ut-Tujjar, and has been take/over as
a set off against debts due by him to the Russian
Bank. Mens. Mousnikoff informed Colonel
t ™ hln th p’ owln g t0 war with Japan
the Russian Government had declined to allot
money for the Consulate building but
hoped, while on leave, to settle the ^E in 6
hive on 1 'the^lCth 1 |° nS ' went on
toact foVht ' amS Mons - Eesche toff
On the 19th December, the Acting ft n •
Consul, Mons. Reschetoif, gave a r^
the morning and a dinner m the evenfo” T
celebrate the Czar’s Birthday. The British