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skiold, however, had put 50 per cent, on the original 

 cost-price in Sweden, to cover the expense of freight, 

 insurance, and agents' commission ; the merchant who 

 bought them here would require at least 25 per cent, 

 profit on an average, so that ultimately double the 

 Swedish price would probably be demanded for them. 



DOLGAN LADY'S BONNET 



This made some of the articles too dear for the Russian 

 market. Sugar, for instance, for which nine roubles a 

 pood was asked, was sold at the last fair in Irbit at 

 seven roubles. Other articles, on the other hand, were 

 scarcely good enough for the Siberian market, such as 

 nearly all the glass-ware. The Russian government had 

 granted entrance duty free to these goods and a further 

 shipment. The English manufactures gave the most 



