X CONTENTS. 



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( ll.\r'J'i;i; \III. riic forosl w.-allti of Siberia 116 



An.'ii or(iii)i<ti hy imcsi; iioiiln;rii lull trco forests; bircli forest zone; mountain 

 woodlands; ohstuclos to tin! iiitrodiiftii.ri of forr;stry into Siberia; Forest Adniin- 

 istration; Unv.si linsbandry in lOaslein Sibfiia; ('rown forests in tbe Amour ref,'ion. 



(]l.\r'n:R IX. The industries of the rural population 122 



iiniiistrial oaniiiit;s; lisbin^,' and linntin^'; f/atberiiif,' of cedar nuts; bee keeping; 

 bowltif^' (d' tinihcr and wood fin-i; kiisiar industries; currying trade; concluding 

 ri'inarlvs. 



( IIAI'li;!;. X. Hiintinij and fii.' fur industry in the Far East 129 



Seal industry; Kussiun Anierican Company; Hutchinson, Cool, Filipeus and Co; 

 yield of seal skins; Iraile in skins; piratical destruction of the seals; iuterna- 

 tioiuil ugreeuients for the seal industry; beaver, arctic fox, morse and whale 

 trades; fur imlustrics; mammoth ivory. 



(11 A ITER XI. Industry, Commerce and Ways of Communication. . 145 



Mineral wealth and the mining and metallurgical industries; gold, silver, lead 

 and copper; ir6n, tin, mercury and sulphur; coal, graphite, naphtha, salt; 

 precious minerals and building materials, 



CHAPTER XII. Manufacturing Industry and the home trade 194 



Excisable industries, spirit, vodka, beer and mead; beet sugar, tobacco and 

 matches; non-excisable productions; trade dues; turnover and profits; trade in 

 towns; fairs and their importance. 



CHAPTER Xin. The foreign trade of Siberia 206 



The Far East; import and export of Russian and foreign goods; trade with 

 China; ports of the Arctic Ocean; tea trade; freights; western China and 

 Turkestan. 



CHAPTER XIV. Water and overland communication 223 



Transport of goods between European Russia and Siberia by the Volga and 

 Obi; Obi- Yenisei canal; Yenisei and Angara; the Baikal; Lena and Amour basin; 

 the Volunteer Fleet; overland communication. 



CHAPTER X'W The Great Siberian Railroad; historical review of the question concerning 



the Siberian railway 238 



The first proposals; northern, central and southern directions of the road; 

 engineers Ostrovski and Siedcnsner; construction of the road in Vladivostok; 

 its condition on March 10, 1893. 



CHAPTER XYL Topographical and technical conditions of the Great Siberian Railway 



and its cost 248 



Cheliabinsk-Obi; Obi-Irkutsk; Irkutsk-Mysovsk; Mysovsk-Sretensk; Sretensk- 

 Khabarovka; Khabarovka-Gvafskaia; Grafskaia-Vladivostok; the total cost. 



CHAPTER XYII. Importance of the Great Siberian Railway 260 



Its importance for agriculture, colonization, metallurgy, gold industry and for 

 the home and foreign trade. 



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