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APPENDIX II. 



EXPORTATION of RHUBARB 

 From St. Petersburg. 



fat 76^ Dutch* dollars, 



Kxpnrut'ion of 



Kliuliai!) 



fiomS-L.PetCif- , , ,1 , , 



bu.g. In 1777, 2,9 poods 13 pouiids< or 91 roubles, 30 co- 



[pecs per pood. 



In 1778, 23 poods 7 pounds, at 80 ditto, or 96 roubles. 



In 1778, 1055 poods were brought by the Buchanan 

 merchants to Kiachta ; of which 680 poods 19 pounds 

 were fele6ted. The interior confumption of the whole 

 empire of Ruffia for 1777 amounted to only 6 poods 

 5 pounds t. 



superiority of 'pj^g fuperiorlty of this Tartarian Rhubarb, over that 

 Rhubarb." "" procured from Canton, arifes probably from the follow- 

 ing circumilances. 



1 . The Soutliem j^rts of China are not fo proper for 

 the growth of this plant, as the mountains of Little 

 Bucharia. 



2. There is not fo exa£t an examination made in 

 receiving it from the Ghinefe at Canton, as from the 



* If we reckon a Dutch dollar, upon an average, to be worth i rouble 

 20 copecs. 



■f- This calculation comprehends only the rhubarb purchafed at the 

 different magazines belonging to the College of Commerce ; for what 

 jvas procured by contraband is of courfe not included. 



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