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"Sevriouga," (Acipenser stellatas,) 65,000 "pouds," (2.340,000 pounds;) 

 value, 1,962,000 " roubles," ($1,373,400 gold.) 



" Sterliad," (Acipenser ruthenus,) 50,750 " pouds," (1,827,000 pouuds ;) 

 value, 275,000 " roubles," ($192,500 gold.) 



" Sazaue," (Cyprinus carpio, L.,) 200,000 "pouds," (7,200,000 pounds;) 

 value, 120,000 "roubles," ($84,000 gold.) 



"Soudah" [Lncioperca sandra) and "Stchouka," (Esox lucius,) 2,650,000 

 "pouds," (95,400,000 pounds;) value, 2,450,000 "roubles," ($1,715,000 

 gold.) 



" Lestche," (Abramis brama,) 1,375,000 "pouds," (49,500,000 pounds;) 

 value, 1,275,000 " roubles," ($892,500 gold.) 



" Beschenka," (Alosa pontica,) and " jeleznitsa," (Alosa caspica,) 

 3,000,000 "pouds," (108,000,000 pounds;) value, 1,050,000 "roubles," 

 ($735,000 gold.) 



"Vabla," (Leuciscus rutilus,) 600,000 "pouds," (21,600,000 pounds;) 

 " okoune," (Pcrcafluviatilis,) 760,000 " pouds," (27,360,000 pouuds ;) value, 

 500,000 " roubles," ($350,000 gold.) 



"Som," (Silurus glanis,) 185,000 " pouds," (6,660,000 pounds;) value, 

 315,000 " roubles," ($220,500 gold.) 



" Lososs," (Salmo salar,) 33,000 "pouds," (1,188,000 pounds;) value, 

 106,000 " roubles," ($74,200 gold.) 



" Belorybitsa," {Goregonas leucichthys,) 32,000 "pouds," (1,152,000 

 pounds;) value, 103,000 " roubles," ($72,100 gold.) 



" Beluga" bladder, 5,500 " pouds," (198,000 pounds ;) value, 600,000 

 " roubles," ($420,000 gold.) 



" Veziga," 4,000 " pouds," (144,000 pounds;) value, 70,000 "roubles," 

 ($49,000 gold.) 



Sturgeon caviar, 139,000 " pouds," (5,004,000 pounds;) value, 1,390,000 

 " roubles," ($973,000 gold.) 



Caviar of Abramis brama and the two kinds of Lucioperca, 300,000 

 "pouds," (10,000,000 pounds;) value, 300,000 "roubles," ($210,000 

 gold.) 



Fish-oil, 50,000 " pouds," (1,800,000 pounds ;) value, 150,000 " roubles," 

 ($105,000 gold.) 



Seals, 100,000 " pouds," (3,600,000 pounds;) value, 150,000 " roubles," 

 ($105,000 gold.) 



Seal-oil, 100,000 "pouds," (3,600,000 pounds;) value, 350,000 "rou- 

 bles," ($245,000 gold.) 



The grand annual total is therefore 13,000,000 " pouds," (468,000,000 

 pounds,) representing a value of 15,000,000 "roubles," ($10,500,000 

 gold.) 



5. — FISHING-BASINS OF THE CASPIAN SEA. 



The Caspian Sea forms four fishing-basins : 1. The trans-Caucasian ; 

 2. The territory of the Terek Cossacks and the inhabitants of Mangy- 

 schlak ; 3. The territory of the Ural Cossacks ; 4. The basin of fisheries 

 belonging to the state. 



