All the following figures are from official papers, and they refer to the year 1886. They must not be too implicitly believed:—
| Area in sq. km. | Total population. | |||||
| Government of Tiflis | 40,473 | 735,000 | ||||
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35,000 | 814,000 |
Population of the chief towns in Georgia:—
| Government of Tiflis. | Government of Kutais. | ||
| Akhaltzikhe. | 13,265 | Batum | 11,878 |
| Akhalkalaki | 4,303 | Kutais | 20,227 |
| Gori | 5,386 | Poti | 4,785 |
| Dushet | 2,041 | Sukhum | 1,279 |
| Signakh | 10,069 | ||
| Telav | 8,014 | ||
| Tiflis | 104,024 | ||
It will be seen that the urban population is very small.
Total trade of Transcaucasia (value in roubles at, say 22d. per rouble):—
| Exports. | Imports. | Total. |
| 27,812,402 | 11,452,145 | 39,264,547 Rbl. |
Trade of the interior of Russia and Transcaucasia with Persia:—
| Exports. | Imports. | Total. |
| 6,128,933 | 10,256,056 | 16,384,989 Rbl. |
Transit trade through Transcaucasia:—
| From Asia to Europe. | From Europe to Asia. | Total |
| 1,017,607 | 95,614 | 1,113,221 |
Total weight of goods carried, 58,000,000 puds (Ton = 62 puds).
To Batum and Poti, for export, 32,000,000 puds.
| viz. | 15,000,000 | pd. petroleum and its products. |
| 9,000,000 | pd. grain. | |
| 8,000,000 | pd. miscellaneous goods. |
Goods imported from abroad and despatched from Batum and Poti by railway, 5,000,000 pd.
Bread stuffs produced in Transcaucasia:—
| Wheat | 50,000,000 | puds. | ||
| Barley | 30,000,000 |
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| Maize | 20,000,000 |
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| Millet | 9,000,000 |
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| Rice | 5,000,000 |
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| Oats | 350,000 |
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| Potatoes | 4,000,000 |
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| Total | 118,350,000 | puds. |
Wine.—The total annual production of wine In Transcaucasia was about 25,000,000 gallons, of which about 15,000,000 gallons in the government of Kutais.
The Transcaucasian Rwy. carried a weight of 247,000 puds from stations in the government of Kutais; 173,000 puds from stations in the government of Tiflis.
(As there is no railway to Kakheti, the wine from that district comes to the capital by road, in carts.)
Two hundred thousand puds were sent to Batum, presumably for export (chiefly to France, where it is “manipulated” and sold as Burgundy).
| From stations in the govt. of Kutais. | From stations in the govt. of Tiflis. | ||
| Puds. | Puds. | ||
| Manganese ore | 3,800,000 | chiefly to Great Britain | — |
| Timber | 536,000 | 817,000 | |
| Dried raisins | — | 116,000 | |
| Palm wood | 23,000 | — | |
| Walnut wood | 20,000 | 12,000 | |
| Walnuts | 6,000 | 36,000 | |
| Tobacco | 64,000 | 31,000 | |
| Silk and cocoons | — | 1,500 | |
| Wool | — | 195,000 | |
| Fruits | 70,000 | 110,000 | |
| Raw hides | 8,000 | 36,000 | |
| Manufactured hides | 21,000 | 45,000 | |
No. of Schools.
| Higher gymnasia, &c. | Lower municipal. | Private schools. | Elementary schools. | Total No. of schools. | |||||
| Government of Tiflis | 17 | 16 | 35 | 339 | 407 | ||||
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5 | 9 | 7 | 459 | 480 |
No. of Pupils.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | For every 10,000 inhabitants there are— | ||||||
| Schools. | Pupils. | ||||||||
| Government of Tiflis | 16,282 | 6,727 | 23,009 | 5·03 | 284 | ||||
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19,234 | 1,662 | 20,896 | 5·90 | 257 | ||||