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seed-corn, cattle, fodder, etc., may be stated at 

 three hundred and fifty to four hundred thousand 

 dollars. Twenty thousand dollars in money was 

 taken over by the Indiana's commissioners, and 

 ten thousand dollars by myself for purchase of 

 Russian seed-grain ; or potatoes, cattle, or for other 

 special needs such as might be made known upon 

 the spot. From the United States five cargoes of 

 flour and grain and provisions were sent, first, 

 the Indiana from Philadelphia, February 22nd, 

 with 2500 tons of flour and other provisions 

 of a miscellaneous character ; second, the Missouri, 

 the latter part of March, from New York for Libau 

 with about 2000 tons of flour given by the Min- 

 nesota millers; third, the Conemaugh, April 23rd, 

 from Philadelphia for Riga with 33,163 sacks and 

 516 barrels of flour, 400 sacks of rice and 100 

 packages of provisions; fourth, the Tynehead, in 

 May, from New York for Riga, with the Red Cross 

 cargo of shelled corn; and, fifth, the Leo, in June, 

 from New York for St. Petersburg with one- 

 half of a small cargo of flour given by our country 

 people under the auspices of The Christian Her- 

 ald, Dr. Talmadge's newspaper. These all arrived 

 safely at destination, their cargoes being in good 



