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RUSSIA

Shareholders'' hanks of commercial credit on January 1 of the last five years : —

Number of banks. Balance in 1,000 roubles

1908

31 2,007,335

1909 I 1910 1911 I 1912

31 2,249,996

31 2,611,643

33

3,825,375

36 4,476,634.

Money, Weights, and Measures.

Money. The lethal unit ot money is the silver Rouble of 100 Kopecks. It is of the vahie of 2s. I'Qd., but in otficial calculations 9-46 roubles are taken as equal to the pound sterling. Exact equivalents : 1,000,000 roubles =

Gold coins are the imperial and half imperial of 15 and 7 '5 roubles. The half-imperial weighs 6-544041 grammes -916 fine, and contains, therefore, 5-994341 grammes of fine gold. The imperial weighs 12-902 grammes "900 fine, and consequently contains 11*6118 grammes of fine gold.

New gold coins are coined, bearing the inscription of 10 roubles, and 5 roubles = £1 Is. 3ci and 10s. 6d.

The silver rouble weighs 20-7315 grammes '86806 fine, or (m the new coinage) 19*9957 grammes "900 fine, and consequently contains 17-994 grammes of fine silver. Besides the silver rouble, credit notes (500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 3, and 1 rouble) are legal tender.

Weights and Measures.

1 Verst (500 sajencs

3,500 ft., or two-thirds of a statute mile (0-662879).

7 feet English.

28 inches

0-439408 square mile.

2-69972 English acres,

1^ of a pound English (0-90283 lb.). = 36 lbs. English. = 0-32243578 cwt. = 0-016121789 tons.

2| imperial gallons (2-7056). = 5*7719 imperial bushels.

1 Sajene (3 arshins)

1 Arshin (16 vershoJcs

1 Square vei^st

1 Dessiatine.

1 Pound (96 zolotniks = ^2 lo

1 Pood (40 pounds).

1 Vedro {8 shtoffs).

1 Ghetvert (8 Chetveriks).

Diplomatic and Consular Representatives.

1. Of Russia in Great Britain. Ambassador.— Gowni A. de Benckendortf. Councillor. — N. de Etter. First Secretary.— y.Tonitmo\^&\y. Second Secretaries.—^, de Siebert and G. Wolkott. yittache.—G. Wilenkin. .^ r^ ^t r^

Military Attacht.—Gbiievid N. Yerniololl, K.O. \ .U.

Assistant ,, —Colonel Semenofi". Naval Ageoit.—Ca.^tsiin Rein.

,, Assistant.— ht.Col. Sagowsky. Financial Agent.— M. Routkowsky. Oo7isiil-General.—BdiYon de Heyking.