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CHAPTER II, The Ural Mountains, - 65-76 



Ural Forests (p. 65), in the Government of Viatka 

 (p. 66), and in the Government of Perm (p. 67) ; 

 Gold Mines (p, 68) ; Origin of Auriferous Deposits 

 (p. 69); Geological History (p. 72). 



CHAPTER III. Metallurgy, - - 77-95 



Original Works by Demidoff and Botachoff (p. 77) ; 

 Subsequent Enterprise (p. 79) ; Floating off of 

 Loaded Barges (p. 82) ; Visit to Works of Demi- 

 doff at Nijni Tagilsk (p. 83) ; Total Products in 

 1880 (p. 86) ; Forms of Furnaces and their Pro- 

 duce (p. 87). 



CHAPTER IV. Forests, - - 96-99 



Metallurgical Works Subsidised by Grants of Forests 

 (p. 96) ; Different Conditions under which the 

 Enterprises of Demidoff and Botachoff were pro- 

 secuted (p. 98). 



CHAPTER V. Depressed Condition of Mining, 



Smelting, and Manufacturing, Establishments, 100-114 



Details of Depressed Condition (p. 100); Dishonest 

 Doings (p. 102) ; Proverbs indicative of Dis- 

 honesty (p. 106) ; Attempt to act rightly (p. 108); 

 Hopelessness of doing so (p. 110) ; An Honest 

 Man (p. 113). 



CHAPTER VI. Forest Exploitation, - - 115-122 



Exploitation according to the Method A Tire et Aire 

 (p. 116) ; Preliminary Measures required (p. 118) ; 

 Method superseded elsewhere (p. 119). 



CHAPTER VII. Abuses in Connection with the 



Exploitation of Forests, - - 123-143 



Difference between Rule and Practice (p. 123) ; Inade- 

 quate Salaries of Officials (p. 124) ; Malversations 

 (p. 125) ; Prevalence of such Evils (p. 141). 



CHAPTER VIII. Conditions Occasioning a Dimin- 

 ished Supply of Wood, - 144-151 



The Ustaff Laesnoi, or Forest Code of Russia (p. 144) ; 

 Method of Exploitation (p. 146) ; Conditions of 

 Success and Failure (p. 148). 



