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96 1 to October 1, 1884. The figures are from the report of Colonel Vinokúrof above cited.

From this table it appears that the prison began to be overcrowded in May, almost as soon as the great annual flood of exiles began to pour into it from European Russia. It was crowded beyond its normal capacity 24 days in May, 17 days in June, 20 days in July, and 18 days in August; and at the time of the greatest congestion, just before the opening of the season of navigation on the river Ob, it held almost twice the number of prisoners for which it was intended.