Show t I 1 the irbit fair the irbit fair which i 1 Is held at irbit in the province ot of perm between the 1st of february and the let of IN march farch Is not on the great trilling route between russia and siberia and yet it la Is at irbit that siberia Is supplied ft ith manufactured goods for the year and to which siberia seeds sends a large portion of her furs skills fish honey wax linseed and even butter here too Is a great market ft f r chinese tea and silk and tor for many products of central asia most of the goods left unsold from the fair are sent on to irbit and siberian goods left unsold from the irbit fair are in turn sent on to for russian goods the traders enjoy some somo special privileges for carriages from fair to fair the irbit fair dates from 1643 but up to the beginning of the present century had bad not exceeded a turnover turn over of rubles per annum in 1863 hor however veer it had grown to SO and in 1887 it reached which was the highwater high water mark by 1892 1992 the turnover turn over had declined to rubles and this fair Is expected to suffer a good deal from the trans siberian berlan SI railway now in course of construction st tinn which will III take siberian grain and fura furs and other products pro ducs direct to the russian railway system irbit Is but a strait place 0 inhibit inhabitants ants but during the f dr lh lb population rises to and many of the houses are open only while the fair lasts |