Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-01-18
FORCES AND FINANCES OF RUSSIA.

A writer in the December number of the
Eclectic Review, gives interesting account of
the present condition of the forces and finances of
the Russian Empire. The entire peace establish
ment of the regular army, it is stated amounts to
above 600, 900 men; equivalent one per cent. on
the European population. The Navy comprises
altogether 367 large and small ships of war, carry
ing $500 guns including As ships of the line of
from ITO to "A guns, SO frlgates OF from GA to A
guns 81 corvetes, schooners, briggs, and cutters,
90 luggers or floating batteries, 10 war steamers,
and III gun boats. Her credit has improved du-
ring the last eight or ten years; have her fire.
quent wars, her failures in the Euxine or the dis
asers in Clrcassia, al all impaired it. Her nation
al debts are from $40, 000,0 900 TO f50, 100000
sterling, inclusive of some terminabe annuities;
to the whole of which amount, the interest and
sinking fund require about e3, 000. 900 per annum.
Her imperial revenues, exclusive OF Poland would
appear to reach at least Els, 100000 year-sutli-
clent for all necessary disbursements, when no for
elgn wars are being carried on. The gold mines
are supposed to be making considerable returns
but trade and commerce are doubtless doing much
more Hemp, flax, sail-cloth cordage, form fifth
of the exports from Petersburg and Riga. Vine
yards are on the increase, southwark; and IN 1888,
the estimate of native wines was no less than s.
400, 900 gallons. The talow trade renders grazing
and cattle objects OF attention. and for the woollen
exports, the Baltic sheep walks, as well as those
In south or west Russia, said to have under
gone no slight improvement. The forests cover
4S6, O00O 600 of ground of which 326, 100000
are Crown property-notwithstan too, that
vast injury has been inflicted upon many of them
through immoderate or injudicious cutting. The
average export of timber may be stated at G40O,
0J0 per annum The number of manufactures
has augmented prodigiously from 2,270 in 1891, to
1924 in 1920, to 6, $50 in 1887, and to 6,S55 in
1888. employing 4l2,93l masters and workmen.
OF these establishments 606 were for woollen
goods, 227 for silks 446 for weaving, !, 9lS for
leather dressing, 444 for candle making, 486 for
metallic hardware, and the rest for salt pere sugar,
potash, chemical, color, tobacco, paper works -
The internal trade crcuates through the means of
such busy crowded fairs as are held at Novogo-
rod, whittier goods often brought to the value
of nearly GS,000,000 of which at least one tenth
comes from China The five other fairs of ko-
rennaja, Irbt, Rostow, Krestchensk, and Romny,
in the governments respectively of Kursk, Perm,
Potawa, and Jakutzk, presented wares, taken al
together, In 1888 to the estimated amount of 81,
800, 900. The total of Russian imports from for
eign countries for 1888 came to something under
Ell 900 900, of which one twelfth came by land;
one-fourth consisted of consumables; one half was
for the of manufactures and one fourth was
manufactured goods. The gross exports for the
year 1888 came to nearly el4, 100000.
Ncio Bedford Register.