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SIBKRIA. 



Tlicir yii'lil iluriii^' ilic last six yoars was as I'ollows, in pouds. In aililition lo lliis ihe 

 Mkdhu'vsk woiks niaiiulactnn' stcfl, only in very limitoil rpiantitics. 



Tlir priKivsk wniks, boloiiging t(i His MajfSty's Cabiiiol an- sitiiati.'il in tlic Tiaiisljaikar 

 lndviiKi' ill I III' \i'ikliiii'ou(linsk ro^'ion along the river Baliaga, a tributary of tin; Khilok, 

 wiiicli falls iiiiii the Si'Icnga, ami al a ilistanc<» of 450 versts from tlio pinvincial town of Cliita. 

 The Pririivsk works were foiimlrd in 1789 for supplying pig iron ami manufacturod iron to 

 llio Xcicliinsk works and lor satisfying the demand (»f ilii' Slate and private' individuals in 

 Eastern Siberia. The ore is extracted IVum the I'.alyagiiisk mini', mi the upper courses of the 

 river Balyaga. It is a magnetic iron ore and is very plentiful. The pig iron is smelted with 

 the aid of charcoal fuel, furnished from 80,000 dessiatines of forest attached to the mines. 

 The works employ about 300 men. TIk; motiv<> power is mainly hydraulic. The production 

 of these works is exceedingly limited and their produce can only satisfy the local ri'i|uiivments 

 of the region. 



The fiilliiwiiig table gives the piodiictiiin of the Nerehinsk works during the last six 

 years, in ponds. 



