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Only tilt; gouiia naniotl i»iiyiiig iluly are capable of a ujom.' or luss acr-urale eslimaliou. 

 As for oilier goods, they are accounteil for only in Vladivostok and Xikolaev.sk; in tUe oHkt 

 jtorts of the Littoral they cscap",' notice, so thai liie iuijxjrt n-'tuins into this territory are 

 iijstricted to dutiable goods. 



(jf the iiKMchiindisf,' imported Id \ hull vostok, about 25 pi;r cent are cottons and woollens; 

 15 piT criit. t^iiiiii .iiid flour, and Kj pri cent, other provisions. Xe.vt in order follow, articles 

 juade of juelal, sugar, spirit, metals, el cetera. In the supply of these goods, Germany j)lays the 

 first part, jiroviiliug ab(jut 30 per cent of the whoh; imports. From European Russia come 

 25 per ci.Mit; lioiii England, 13 per ce'iit: iVoui China 12, Japan 13, America 5 per cr-nt, and 

 so on. After the imposition of duty upon certain foreign goods, Russian productions began 

 to be imjiort'-'d in greater (juantilies, although foreign production still preilominate, as appears 

 from the trade returns of Vladivostok for the three years given below. 



The distribution of the imported goods among the traders according to their nationality 

 takes the followiuij form. 



The above table shows that the trade in Vladivostok is mainly concentrated in the 

 hands of foreigners, namely 73 per cent: the Japanese and Chinese trade chiefly in the pro- 

 ductions of their respective countries. 



The export from Vladivostok is on the whole small, the principal articles being the 

 products of the whale and morse Industries, to the amount of one and a half million roubles, 

 and various furs valiwd at one million roubles. Xext follows sea cabbage, of which 250,000 

 roubles worth is forwarded to various destinations every year; p ant a, 35,000 roubles; timber, 

 30,000 roubles; trepang, 15,000 roubles; and other goods to the value of 250,000 roubles. 

 Thus the total e.xport of Vladivostok may be estimated at three million rouble.?. Vladivostok, 

 forming the terminus of the Siberian Railway, with the lat1er"s completion, will undoubtedly 



