152 FORESTRY IN LITHUANIA. 



12 vershocks the addition will be 72 kopecs, that is a board 

 of 9 archines long, 12 vershocks broad, and 2 vershocks thick, 

 will be worth 132 kopecs, and if there be a demand, 150 

 kopecs. The floatage to Kiev for 100 boards is 3 roubles 

 50 kopecs, or 3J kopecs per board ; the floatage of deals 

 half that charge. To Krementchug the floatage is per 

 board, 4J kopecs ; per deal, 2J kopecs. On the rafts to 

 Kiev the labourer receives 30 roubles ; on ships the 

 captain gets 50 roubles, and the labourer 20 roubles ; to 

 Kherson the captain gets 80 roubles, and the labourer 30 

 roubles. The cost per pood is to Kiev 12 kopecs, to 

 Krementchug 16 kopecs, to Kherson 20 kopecs. Formerly 

 the prices were not so high, the demand for labourers for 

 railways have raised the prices ; and with the completion of 

 these it is expected the prices will fall 3 to 5 kopecs per 

 pood. With the transport by land the expenses are 10 to 

 25 kopecs per board and deal, according to size, which 

 decides the weight, and consequently the number on each 

 cart. 



* In Briansk there are 20 brickworks, and fuel costs 

 there about 550 kopecs ; but the general quantity of wood 

 used in these works will barely amount to a few cubic 

 fathoms. Glass and crystal fabriques are very common ; and 

 the quantity of potash brought for them from Nijni-Nov- 

 gorod amounts to 30,000 poods. If the wood dealers of the 

 governments of Moghilev, Minsk, and Volhinia, were to 

 direct their attention to this then the great remnants of 

 oak would not be removed in the clearings to their 

 detriment, but would bring in a pretty considerable income. 

 The total amount of firewood used in these fabriques is 

 about 75,000 cubic fathoms. In the distiict of Briansk 

 there is an iron foundry remarkable for this, that the char- 

 coal required for it is made in stoves, and consequently is 

 prepared with the greatest economy, which is a rare thing 

 in our fabriques. 



' Besides these fabriques there are sugar, brandy, and 

 other fabriques requiring fuel. With the completion of the 

 railway the activity of these fabriques will increase, and 



