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 COMMERCE

955

The export of eggs (chiefly to Germany, France, and Austria) is acquir- ing every year a greater importance, as seen from the following figures of exports for the last five years : —

Year

No. of E-gs

Value

Preserved Eggs in Tins '

Roubles

pCwt.

Roubles

1893

724,000,000

13,469,000

22,890

309,000

1894

955,000,000

15,485,000

23,860

381,000

1895

1,411,000,000

19,775,000

33,100

599,000

1896

1,475,000,000

21,925,000

26,760

355,000

1897

1,737,000,000

25,520,000

30,300

431,000

The export of oil cakes attained 12,769,000 roubles in 1897 ; 58,300 horses and ponies were exported the same year.

The following table shows the relative importance of the chief exports from European Russia and North Caucasia, including exports to Finland, during the last three years : —

Exports

1895

1896

1897

Roubles

Roubles

Roubles

Corn, flour, buckwheat, &c. .

334,896,000

321,950,000

353,353,000

Fish and caviare

2,548,000

4,711,000

5,730,000

Dairv ]>roduce and eggs.

23,513,000

25,476,000

31,835,000

Alcohol and gin

1,853,000

1,584,000

2,459,000

Sugar

11,830,000

20,368,000

10,315,000

Various articles of food , Articles of food.

22,339,000

9.649,000

9,786,000

385,647,000

382,888,000

413,478,000

Timber and wooden goods

40,144,000

46,727,000

54,781,000

Raw metals (platinum, mercy.)

3,052,000

4,248,000

3,417,000

Oleaginous grains, chiefly lin-

seed and grass seeds

45,901,000

50,721,000

45,309,000

Flax

. 72,364,000

62,836,000

56,182,000

Hemp .....

19,212,000

16,115,000

11,215,000

Tallow

533,000

542,000

497,000

Bristle, hair, and feather

10,439,000

9,924,000

11,727,000

Wool. . ..

6,490,000

7,869,000

8,933,000

Furs

4,172,000

3,673,000

5,027,000

Naphtha and naphtha oils, &c.

27,274,000

28,679,000

25,158,000

Various. . . . Raw and half-manu-

73,779,000

26,554,000

32,260,000

factured goods.

260,044,000

257,838,000

254,506,000

Metallic goods

1,114,000

1,451,000

2,717,000

Woollens ....

2,265,000

1,749,000

1,869,000

Cottons

2,792.000

1,601,000

3,972,000

Various ..... Manufactured goods.

5,025,000

8,105,000

10.588,000

11,196,000^

12,906,0001

19,146,000

Animals.

—

15,144,000

17,092,000 j

1 Besides, to Vla4ivostQk, 19,005,000 roubles worth in 1805. and 24,552,000 in 1896.