410 APPENDIX. 



No. 15. 



Russian Trade with Asiatic Nations. 



Extract translated from the Journal du Commerce of St. 

 Petersburgh of the 10th of April, 1831. 



Operations of the commerce which passed through the 

 custom-houses of the circle of Astrachan during the year 

 1830. The position of Astrachan, near the Caspian Sea and 

 not far from the mouth of the Volga, the greatest river in 

 Russia, which forms a communication between the two capitals, 

 as well as with the most fertile provinces of the empire and 

 with the fair of Nijny-Novgord, has made it for a long time 

 the central point of the commerce with the neighbouring 

 nations of Asia. 



Persia, Khiva, and Bucharia supply us with raw materials 

 which are absolutely necessary for the fabrication of the goods 

 which find a ready sale in those countries. In the course of 

 the last year the operations through the custom-houses of the 

 circle of Astrachan were less extensive than in 1829, on ac- 

 count of the prevalence of cholera morbus, which had ravaged 

 the countries where that commerce is most considerable, and 

 opposed obstacles as well to the importation as to the ex- 

 portation, at that time of the year when both are usually the 

 most brisk. 



Exportations. 1830. 1829. 



The custom-house at Astrachan 3,560,639 4,422,340 



at Bakou 386,527 1,028,660 



at Kizlar 793,599 756,944 



roubles 4,740,765 6,207,944 



Importations. 



The custom-house at Astrachan 2,804,368 3,337,790 



at Bakou 1,997,113 2,184,668 



at Kizlar 10,611 8,635 



The barrier at Kouba 1,618 25,960 



at Derbent 1,584 26,856 



roubles 4,815,294 5,583,909 



