HijS MANUFACTURES OF RUSSIA. 



The naphthta collected is approximately distributed as follows: 



1. The stores of naphtha increase by 15,000,000 ponds 



2. Products of distillation are obtained to the amount of . 90,000,000 » 



Including lighting oils in Eussia 30,000,000 » 



>^ > * exported 47,000,000 » 



» > » stored 5,000,000 > 



» » » otherproducts, lubricating oils, 

 and benzine for home and for- 

 eign consumption 8,000,000 •» 



3. Naphtha refuse is obtained to the amount of ... . 140,000,000 * 



Of which Baku consumes 30,000,000 » 



» >■ transported bj- the Caspian and Volga . . 98,000,000 » 



» > > to the Transcaspian region . . 3,000,000 » 



» .> » to Batoum 2,000,000 » 



» » » to other parts of Caucasus . . 7,000,000 » 



4. Loss of all kinds, gases et cetera, in refining .... 45,000,000 » 



Total export of naphtha and naphtha products . . . 54,000,000 » 

 (40 per cent of which went in 1892 to Asia). 



Price per poud of raw naphtha at Baku 3 to 5 kopecks 



> s » » kerosene at Baku without excise and barrelling 7 to 20 » 



> » >•> ^' » » Tsaritsin 25 to 40 » 



» Moscow 45 to 60 » 



>. i :> Batoum 30 to 45 » 



Total value at the wells of the annual production of raw naphtha 



in Eussia, that is, of about 290,000,000 pouds 9,000,000 roubles 



Value of lighting oils, without excise and barrelling, and of lubri- 

 cating oils at the works, to the amount of 90,000,000 

 pouds 14,000,000 » 



Value of refuse sold at the works to the amount of about 



120,000,000 pouds 5,000,000 » 



Freight of carriage of 200,000,000 pouds of naphtha and naplitha 

 products, to the home markets and frontier customhouses, 

 at an average of 20 kopecks per poud 40,000,000 » 



Value of foreign export of naphtha goods, partly including bar- 

 relling 30,000,000 » 



Cost of sea fi'eight for carrying 54,000,000 pouds of Eussian 

 naphtha goods to the foreign markets, at an average of 

 18 kopecks per poud 10,000,000 » 



Excise revenue upon kerosene for home and Persian consumption. 10,000,000 > 



These figures show that the naphtha industry itself is not so profitable to those 

 occupied in tlie exploitation and treatment of it as to the carriers, and that in gene- 

 ral the indirect revenue from naphtha is mucli greater than that obtained by those 

 actually working it. 



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