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lifdii which supplies are forwiiided to different places, and where the 

 Ijroceeds of the trade are collected. 



The operations of the Government may be seen in its receipts and 

 experiditures, including its salaries and allowances. In the absence of 

 a complete series of such statistics to the present time, I mass together 

 what I have been able to glean in diil'ereut fields, relating to i)artic- 

 ular years, knowing well its unsatisfactory character. But each item 

 has its instruction for us. 



The capital of the Company in buildings, wares, and vessels in 1833 

 was said to be 3,058,577 roubles. In 1838 the Company posses;;ed 12 

 vessels, amounting together to 1,550 tons, most of which were built at 

 Sitka. According to Wappiius, who follows Wrangel, the salaries of 

 the officers and workmen of the Company in 1832 amounted to 442,877 

 roubles. At that time the persons in its service numbered 1,025, of 

 whom 550 were Russians, 152 Creoles, and 317 Aleutians. In 1851 

 there were in the service of the Company 1 Staff officer, 3 officers of 

 the Imperial Navy, 1 officer of engineers, 4 civil officers, 30 religious 

 officers, and 080 servants. The ex])enses of the Company from 18l'0 to 

 1833, a period of 7 years, were 0,008,077 roubles. These become inter- 

 esting to us when it is considered that, besides what was paid on 

 account of furs, and the su])])ort of the persons in the service of the 

 Company, there were other items incident to government, such as siiip- 

 biulding, mivigation, fortifications, hospitals, schools, and churches. 

 From a later authority it appears that the receijjts of the Company, 

 reported at St. retersburgh for the year ended 1855, was 832,749 

 roubles, against exi)enses, 083,802 roubles, incurred for "administra- 

 tion in Kussia and the Cohuiies," insurance, transportation, and duties. 

 The relative proportion of these different expenses does not ai)i)ear. I 

 have anotlnu- Report for 1857, Avhere tiie rcA-enue was 83i;,740 roubles, 

 with ex])en(litures of 083,892 roubles, leaving the difference for divi- 

 dends, which were fixed at 18 roubles a share. 



Tliese are explained by other statisti(;s, which I am able to give from 

 the report of Golowin, who furnishes the receipts and expenditures of 

 the Com])any from 1850 to 1859 inclusive. The silver rouble, wiiich is 

 the money emi)loyed in the Table, is taken at our Mint for 75 cents. 



RECEIPTS FROM 1850 TO 1859, INCLUSIVE. 



SihtT roiiblcs. 



Tea traffic 4,145,869.79 



Hale of lurs 1, 709, 149. 00 



Commercial licences 2, 403, 296. 61 



Other traffics 170, 235. 76 



Total 8,528,551.13 



63 EXPENDri'URES FROM 18.-.0 TO 1859, INCLUSIVE. 



Silver roubles. 



Sustoiiniice of the Colony 2, 288, 207. 20 



Colonics' churches 71, 723. 18 



Benevolent institutions 143, 366. 23 



Principal administrative officers 1, .536, 436.49 



Teaduty 1,764,559.85 



Transportation and packing of tea 586, 901. 72 



Pnrchase and transportation of merchandize 213,696. 29 



Insurance of tea and merchandize 217, 026.55 



Loss dnriu": war and by shipwreck 132, 820. 20 



Reconstrnction of the Comjiany's house in St. Petersbnrgh 76, 976. 00 



Capital for the use of the poor 6, 773.02 



l^evenue fund capital 135, 460. 40 



Dividends 1,354,604.00 



Total 8,528,551.13 



