144 8IBERIA. 



From the f^arrio table it is clearly to be seen bow rich Siberia is in every kind of 

 lur, which is far Irdm being absorbed by the local consumpticn. A large amount is sent 

 through the Pacific ports of Siberia abroad, partly to America, partly to Europe, or more 

 strictly to Lond(in. Part of the goods, offered for sale in the markets, is despatched over- 

 land through Irbit and Nizhni-Novgorod to Moscow, whence it is distributed to the whole 

 of Russia and finds its way in considerable quantities to Leipzig. Thus the Rus-sian fur trade 

 is concentrated mainly not in Russia but in London and Leipzig, the more valuable furs 

 being collecti^d in London. 



In concluding this review of llic industry in fur and fither wild animals in the Fai 

 East it will not be superfluous to say a few words on the gathering of niiimmoth ivory in 

 supplement to what is stated above on the same subject. This business, although not organ- 

 ized into a regular industry, but having rather a casual character, altogether furnishes the 

 population a pretty considerable source of income. From the Yakutsk territory alone in 1891 

 about 100 pouds of mammoth ivory valued at 15,000 roubles were exported. This article 

 and morse tusks annually appear on the Yakutsk market to the amount of 30,000 to 

 40,000 roubles. 



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