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and further to Constantinograd. la Constantinograd 

 commences the supply of forest materials by land which 

 were floated down the Dnieper to the ports of Kremente- 

 boug and Ekatherinoslav. 



'The forests of the government of Kursk have their 

 principal markets within the boundaries of the govern- 

 ment ; and in consequence of its having little wood the 

 sales are very profitable. Generally, for the Kursk 

 government forest materials are brought from the govern- 

 ment of Tchernigov for the districts of Pontivle, Ruilsk, 

 Soudjan j and for the districts of Kursk, Lgov, and Fatej, 

 from the districts of Tronbteheosk and Seosk of the 

 government of Orel. The cartage from the government 

 of Orel is principally done by the peasantry of the 

 Dmitrov district, whose position at about the half-way 

 gives them the means of using their own provender, and 

 of not requiring to be long absent from their homes. For 

 both of the cartages (from the governments of Orel and 

 Tchernigov) there is a different future. The cartage of 

 forest materials from Tchernigov government to the dis- 

 tricts of Pontivle and Ruilsk in the Kursk government, and 

 to Soumnia and Lebedran, in the Kharkov government, 

 must diminish, because the Kursk-Kiev railway, passing 

 through the Tchernigov government, facilitates the trans- 

 portation to these districts of a great part of the forest 

 materials by railway. But the cartage of forest materials 

 from the districts of Tronbteheosk and Seosk in the Orel 

 governments to Fatej and other districts of the Kursk 

 government, will increase, because the Kursk-Orel railway 

 will not only add to the demand for forest materials in 

 these districts, but it will give no facilities for transporting 

 them cheaper, because the cartage is by a much shorter 

 road than by rail. 



' Going to the Tronbteheosk and Seosk districts for 

 forest materials, the peasantry take some goods from the 

 Kursk government, principally grain, or for small dealers, 

 different spices, fruits, and wine, and on their return 

 bring principally boards, and small binding materials* 



