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retire into the interior, and leave the village in the 

 hands of the enemy. Here again we notice the pre- 

 dominance of the Amur country in the eyes of the 

 Government. Admiral Zavoiko left Avatcha Bay 

 in April, 1855 ; Kamchatka remains in the hands 

 of petty administrators— is/>rav7tzks, and no Russian 

 Governor-General has since set foot on that land. 

 Lately, however, since the Amur and Ussuri districts 

 have gained such importance in the commercial market 

 of the world, owing to the Trans-Siberian railway, 

 interest in Kamchatka, with its fisheries and fur- 

 riches, has revived to a certain extent, and it is to 

 be hoped that in the near future increase of trade 

 will contribute both to the welfare and to a closer 

 investigation of that unexplored peninsula. 



