CONTENTS. vii 



PAQK 



CHAPTER III. Forests of the Dnieper, . . .126 



Preliminary Statement (p. 126) ; Account by M. Polytaief 

 (p. 129) ; Summary (p. 129) ; Government of Smolensk 

 (p. 130) ; Government of Orel (p. 136) ; Transport of 

 Timber (p. 142) ; Wood Trade (p. 150) ; Sales from 

 Crown Estates (p. 156) ; Wood Trade in the Govern- 

 ment of Kursk (p. 165) ; Wood Trade in the 

 Government of Ekatherinoslav (p. 171) ; Wood Trade 

 in the Government of Kherson (p. 176) ; General 

 Remarks on the Forests in the Governments of 

 Kherson and Ekatherinoslav (p. ISO) ; Wood Trade in 

 the Government of Volhinia (p. 184) ; Forests in the 

 Government of Kiev, and their bearing on the Wood 

 Trade (p. 187.) 



CHAPTER IV. Forest Exploitation, . . . . 191 



Forest Districts in Eussia and Exploitation (p. 191) ; 

 Transports on the Dnieper and Berezina (p. 194) ; Land 

 Reclamation (p. 199) ; Lithuanian Woodcraft (p. 200.) 



CHAPTER V. The Jewish Population, . . 201 



CHAPTER VI. Game, . . . . . 215 



PART III. -THE UKRAINE OR LITTLE RUSSIA, . . 227 



Import of Name (p. 227); Forests (p. 229); Batuiin 

 (p. 229) ; Kiev (p. 230) ; Appearance of the Country 

 (p. 233.) 



PART IV. TIMBER EXPORTS BY THE BALTIC, . . 235 



Dantzig (p. 235) ; Report by Mr Quinn (p. 241) ; Transport 

 of Dantzig Wheat (p. 242) ; Konigsberg (p. 246) ; 

 Memel (p. 248) ; Riga (p. 251) ; Russian Report 

 (p. 253) ; French Report (p, 255) ; Freight Charges 

 (p. 257.) 



