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and uncoined, flallions and mares ; fkins of deer, rein- 

 deer, elks, and horfes ; beaver's hair, potafli, rofin, 

 thread, and * tinfel-lace : among the imports, fait, brandy, 

 poifons, copper-money, and rhubarb. 



The duties paid by the Ruflian-merchants are very 

 confiderable ; great part of the merchandife is taxed 

 at 25 per cent. 



Furs, cattle, and provifions, pay a duty of 13. 



Ruffian manufactures 18. 



One per cent, is alfo dedudted from the price of all 

 goods for the expence of deepening the river Selenga ; 

 and 7 per cent for the fupport of the cuftom -houfe. 



Some articles, both of export and import, pay no duty. 

 The exported are, writing, royal, and poll paper, Ruffia 

 cloth of all forts and colours, excepting peafants cloth. 

 The imported are, fatins, raw and llained cottons, por- 

 celain, earthen-ware, glafs corals, beads, fans, all mu- 

 iical inftruments, furniture, lackered and enamelled or- 

 naments, needles, white-lead, rice, preferved ginger, , 

 and other fweet-meats t. 



* Tinfel lace is fmuggled to the Chinefe, with confiderable profit ; 

 for they pay nearly as much for It as if it was folid filver. 



S. R. G.^Iir. p. 588. 

 t Pallas Reifc, P. III. p. 154. 



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