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each colonist was to be supplied with horses, cows, 

 and necessary agricultural implements for cultivation. 

 Moreover, each family was to receive 500 roubles 



AN OLD FISHERMAN AT KLUCHI. 



(^50) for the journey. Vast areas of land were to 

 be liberally allotted them for farming purposes, and 

 for the first seven years they were to be free from all 

 Government duties and taxes. Twenty-five families 

 had responded to this appeal, and, having sold all their 



