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MANUFACTURES OF RUSSIA. 



The average value of annual exports for the last ten years amounts to about 

 970,500 roubles. Various woollen goods at the present time are exported yearly over 

 the Asiatic frontier to the value of 1,500,000 roubles and consist chiefly of carpets, 

 felt and cloth, of which the principal part, to the value of 530,000 roubles yearly, 

 is sent to Kiakhta. The foreign trade in Eussian cloths has fallen considerably in 

 comparison with that of the sixth decade, when the commercial transactions with 

 China and Persia reached the sum of 3,500,000 roubles. 



Yearly output and technical means of the industry. 



According to statistical information, the condition of the woollen industry of 

 late years is shown by the following official data. 



