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The shoemaking- aiul wrouglit leather trades, liarness making', trunk making et 

 ci'tera, are generally closely connected with the tanning industry. The chief shoemaking 

 centre is the south-eastern part of the' government of Tver, especially the districts 

 of Kashin, Kalazin and Korcheva. Tlie village of Kimry is, as has already 

 been stated, celebrated for its boots; it is also the market for the sale of goods from 

 the extensive region where all kinds of boots and shoes are made. The best ladies 

 and side-spring boots at the Moscow Exhibition of 1882 were exhibited hy the vil- 

 lage shoemaker Stoliarov, Avho was also awarded a medal at the Exposition of Amster- 

 dam. Ladies boots cost from 2.20 to 4 roubles per pair, men's boots of various 

 kinds, such as high boots, hunting boots, varnished boots, blacked boots and children's 

 boots of good shape and quality are sold by the village shoemakers at the follow- 

 ing wholesale prices: 



High boots 8.00 roubles. 



Hunting boots 9.00 » 



Varnished boots • . , 13.00 » 



High calfskin boots 7.00 » 



Ordinary calfskin boots .3.65 to 4.00 » 



Hamburg boots 4.40 to 4.80 » 



Kid side-spring , • • 3.60 to 3.90 » 



Same with galoches 7.00 » 



The following table gives a detailed price list of goods from the Kimry and 

 Taldomsk districts. 



Kimry district: 



Cow hide high boots 



Horse bide ditto 



Medium sized boots 



Children's ditto 



White or blacked calfskin boots 



' Women's half-boots, calfskin , 



Ditto horse hide shagreen 



Women's half-boots, medium size 



Ditto children's size 



Taldomsk district. 



Leather gaiters , 



Prunella shoes 



Men's shagreen slippers, trimmed patent leathers, 



Ditto plain 



Children's shoes 



