APPENDICES 



APPENDIX I 



EXPENSES FOR A TEN WEEKS' EXPEDITION TO THE ALTAI 



N.B. — There are about 95 roubles in £10; 100 kopecks {equal to 

 *arihings) in i rouble. 



„, . „ , Roubles, 



Riga to St. Petersburg by rail 25 



St, Petersburg to Moscow by rail 35 



Moscow to Novo-Nicolaevsk and return by rail . . .168 



Place card to secure seat in train 15 



Two fares, one sledge or drosky, return to Barnaoul and 



Bysk 6s 



Novo-Nicolaevsk to Tomsk, return, for two .... 60 



Moscow to Riga by rail, ist class 25 



14 days' expenses for interpreter 84 



40 days' hotels, including train, food, expenses, and gratuities, 



about 8 roubles a day 380 



Saloon (on boat) expenses from Riga and back ... 40 



Fur coat, gloves, cap, goloshes, etc. 230 



Sundry sledge drives 22 



Return from London to St. Petersburg by boat ... 80 

 Two sheets Russian 40 verst map at Stanford's, Long Acre, 



W.C 3 



I had no Customs duty to pay, but it might cost £10 to £12 



according to the bulk of luggage and eatables. 

 Conveyance for two persons and luggage on two sledges or 



two pack horses, and two riding-horses, 600 versts . 300 

 Hunters and six horses for ten days — hunters, i rouble per 



day ; horses, 50 kopecks per day 50 



Interpreter's pay — 5 roubles per day. 



Particulars of boat journey from London to St. Petersburg or 

 Riga can be obtained from Messrs. Tegner, Price & Co., 107 Fen- 

 church Street, London, E.C., and W, E. Bott & Co., i East India 

 Avenue, London, E.C. The shippers will procure the passport. 



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