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profits out of their limitcil transactions, and some were reduced almost to 
bankruptcy. Of the lower classes, many left the town lor places oU'erini;- 
better prospects. Many bolie\ ed that the days of Berdiansk as a commercial 
town were numbered. 
One exceptionally good harvest, assisted by a brisk demand from abroad, 
and e.xtraordinarily high local jtrices, has effected a salutary change. Every 
one engai;(Kl in trade or held labour has jirofited well during the past year. 
The local corn-dealers, who ]nirchase from the growers and sell to the ex- 
porters, realised handsome profits, while the net gains of the exporters varied 
between 3000/. and 30,000/. to each house. 
Labourers were glad in the ca.x\y spring to find employment at Is. per diem ; 
from July, however, they received 3.s., 4s., and even G.s. jier diem, while women 
earned from 2s. to -is. Indeed there was .such a scarcity of hands that farmers 
offered high i)rices to every one who would work ; and during the harvest 
numbers of house servants left their situations and went to the fields. 
KERTCH. IIepokt for the Year 18G1. — The agriculture of this district 
is very insignificant, owing to the scarcity and high prices of labour, and the 
produce does not suffice to supply the wants of the increasing urban population. 
Day labourers receive 2s. lOd. to 3s. G(h per daj' ; meclianics much more. 
Oraiu-vessels from the Sea of Azoff have to be lightened over the bar of 
Yenikale, which is done by tmloading a portion of the cargo into small lighters. 
Merchants complain of loss of grain from robber}'. 
1863. — Exports small. 
December 31, 186C. — Prices of necessaries -have risen considerably. Crops, 
consisting chiefly of wheat, oats, and barley, abundant here as well as 
throughout the Crimea. Vegetables, dear at all times at Kertch, are sold at a 
fabulous i)rice during the winter months. A fine cabbage sold by the pound, 
will cost about 3s. 
ADRIANOPLE, 18(54.— The surplus of the products of the districts of Thrace 
is carried to Gallipoli in bullock-waggons in summer, and by pack-horses in 
winter. 
Two-thirds of the exports are floated down the river Maritza in rafts to 
Enos ; these are rtidely constructed, aud carry 20 to 30 quarters of grain ; 
they are broken up and sold when imloaded at their destination. 
Corn Trade op the Baltic. 
DANTZIG. Heport ny Mr, Coxsur, "White, 1865. — The arrivals of 
various kinds of grain were stated approximately, in 1865 : — 
1 
1 Wheat. 
Rye. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Pe;is. 
From this country 
Stock at the eud of 1864 .. 
Quarters. 
398,000 
285,520 
201,000 
Quarter.'. 
180,000 
108,490 
21,900 
Quarters. 
62,490 
3,500 
Quarters. 
18,830 
800 
Quarters. 
43,240 
1,500 
Total . . . . 
884,520 
310,390 
65,990 
19,630 
44,740 
Exported by sea in 186.") . . 
723,050 
245,950 
33,470 
36,550 
Exported inland 
Local consumption .. 
Stock at the end of 1865 .. 
6,470 
15,000 
7,000 
133,000 
4,740 
40,000 
2,800 
16,900 
1,120 
28,000 
600 
2,800 
360 
18,000 
70 
1,200 
190 
4,000 
400 
3,600 
Total .. .. 
SS4,.')20 
310.390 
65,990 
19,630 
44,740 
