RUSSIA. 



Aoflrian fUtaner* numbered 65. of 65,801 tout; 

 here were W !' uncrs, f 43,847 



tons: 87 Rtuvian rteiunerm of 



;:.::-. :; \ nv, .,:. 



; -.. . : ' Rtm :- ff UI1 !' Igilltn, 



Spain, and other conn me-, and lit l-'n-n. ; 



lrin. K.'umanmn. and other easels, 



n 1894 was 3,1 



Mial/e. 



m .jimrter- : of barley. ;.,.' MM* o,n 

 in- and LeirM.il ion. i h I ^lature 

 in the curly part of 1M05 passed new in nun 



|i>arr\men a |N-n*ion fun<l and 



benefit a i at mi i* \\.-re established, to \\in<-h 



the men are com pel lei i u-i\ up " JMT vnt. .f 



. tin- mine owners to contribute 



an equal -urn. .to passed by a large 



majorit) n lull p nduet 



.; imao 'iu r the 



traditional jM.licv <>f tli. i'.iru. 



has been opposed t<> th- bestowal of 

 prmlcgro upon fon i_-nei-s. The (iovernmenl 

 rmlcn R ninaiiiaii agitation in 



ilvania. anl when a large number of 

 lUlini ~ent a telegram expressing 



psithy f-.r tin- Roumanians who were subjected 

 to Magy arizing measun - no notice was taken of 

 it by the Government <>r the Chamber. Tin* 

 Roumanians in Turkey g'in -rally regarded tlie 



' 



ervati(n <>f th.-ir nationality, and tin* <> 

 ment took rigorous measures to suppress an at- 

 tempt <-f iluL'arian and lu--ian agitators to 

 pun men and iii"ii-y f..r tin- revolution. Two 



.ants were.-. D Booharest with arms 



HI their possession, and many f :iators 



wereex|-ll>.l fr<m th<- country. The Rouma- 

 nians in Maoe<lonii (MM- much more wealth than 

 the Bulgarians and. next to them, are the most 



In <M.,ln. r th- coalition Caliinet was broken 

 up by the resignation of its .lunimist mnnbers 

 Carp*. Marghiloman, aixl lii-nnani. Tin- Pn-iiii.-r 

 anked to sancti<.n a dissolution, ami 



when this was refused the whole Cal.i: 

 signed. T Mil for I>.-mct-r Stnrd/a, 



who, on Oct. 1">. fiinni-il a Liln-ral Cahinct. com- 

 posed as follows : I'r.-mi.T 



rvign Aff.i u-.l/a: Minister 



.f Juti,-,., K. Stntesco; MiniM.-r of I'ul.lic In- 

 stnMtkm an.! \V.,r-hip. P. Poni : Minister of 

 War.Ck-n. < Mini^irr of Finance, 



Oeorg r. Canta- MiMrr of Airriciilture. 



Hoinaii.s (J. I). I a l- 



M. Fleva; Min 



. .1. Stoi . Tin- ..-w 



lf an advocate of the 

 abolition of the oppressive ,M tl,. i,,,. 



of the condition of the \M~ 

 Klectiuus to the Chamber and Senate were h< ]<i 



m Ifervmber. The ronai 

 ha* h*vn dominant since 

 rnuntry. w a almmt exU 

 ernuwnt won all the stats 



I 



>N I \. . ah.. .Into monarchy in northern 



Htary in the dynasty of Komanoff- 



n tho order of primogeniture. 



the (."xar. is assisted by a 



frm, each having charge of an 



B party, which 

 real ion of the 



J in the Senate 



:--|iartment : a ('.-uncil of Slat.-, which 

 .\aiiiin.-, and pa ex upon 

 milted l>y the in 



sii|H-rintcnd the judiciary and . 

 general administration ;' find a l|..|y S 

 whii-h directs religious allair-. 'I 

 Km|H-n.r i- II. l-m Max ' 



succeeded his father. lll.<>n \ 



1894. The mill \MTr ill oilier 



: Miiii-t-T ..ft In- In 

 Court and of !>.. mains. Count .!. .! 



Ministrr of l-'oi 



lent of the c.,uncil. N. 

 Mun^e; Ministri- ..f \\ 



il I he ll-iv S\nod. |\. p. 

 l'olednnost/rlT: Miiiist.-r of Ivlucat ion. > 

 .1. h. 1 1. n.inolT ; Minister ,nnmi- 



cation. M. K nvoshrin : Minit.-r of 

 and homar '^ nno|.|T : ( 'ontroll- 



eral. T. .F. FilippoiT; Minisi.-r nf .li. 

 Miiravii-lT: Mini-ti-r of tin- Int.-n-.r. .1. h. Hur- 



Mini-ter <-f Marine. Admiral 

 TchikhatchetT: Minister ,,f l-'inam-r. 

 [). M Solsky, M. Ostrovsky, M. de Plehv. 

 ^loyaiiovsky were ministers \\ithou 1 

 folios, and the (Jrand Dukes (ieo|-^e. heir 

 cut, and Vladimir. Alexi-. and M . 



Ilieinhers of the ( 'olineil ..f Mini-let- 



death (f M. de I.UIIlTe. the I.T'esideliey of the 



Council was assigned to J. N. Ihirn- 



I :ni>ter of the Interior l,\ .1. I.. 

 (Joi-emykin. When M. de (Ji.-r> died. 

 .lanuary, Assistant-Minister Shishkin t..ok 



of the Pepartmenl oi 



ally until it was committed, on March I 1 - 

 nit'ely t Prince LolanolT-Ho<to\ 



Ministry of Way* of Communication wa- 



ferred to Prince KhilkolF early in January. 

 (Jen. C.unt I'rota^-olT entered the Council as 

 adjunct to Admiral TdiikhatehefT. 



I inanccs. The liudu'ct intimate of ordinary 

 receipts for 1895 was 1.! 



which 2,000,000 moles .f e\ 

 ree.-ipu were coiintrd ii|onaii'i 



ivailalile from the :i-per-cent. loan 

 to balance the expenditures. i-Mimai- 



t() rul.les. ineludin- <M 

 traordinary expenditure for railro., 

 lion. Of theordinarv 



come from direct taxation : 5H4.1 8 ruble! 



from indi' :" ( nil.le- 



stami 



and telegraphs: rubles fp 



domain>. and other state pr< ; 

 ruliles from repayments of loan- ' 

 >. I r.'.l.Mi rul.les froin n ; 

 vances and from other sources, of theor 

 di*biir- 827,41 :.! I rul.les are f" 



pul.lic del for the superior 



:,ment bodies. j:j.04.WW ruble* f, 

 Holy Synod. n.TU'.'.^'.J rubles for the M 

 of the 'Court, -l.s!:,.7-|i rubles f or t 

 of Foreign Alia..-. -JTI.HJI.:!!:} rub 

 Mini-try of War ifl ruble* for tl.- 



f'Marine. 1 n. ; iu.::!i-j rubles for the Min- 

 istry of Fii r the Min- 



iMry of Iioma 1 If, rubles for th- 



Ministry of the Interio: 

 the Ministry of Public Instruction 



for th- Ministry of Koa<ls and Communi- 

 DB, 26,148,870 rubles for the Mini- 



