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Excerpt from St. Petersburgh, a Journal of Travels to and From That Capital, Vol. 2 of 2: Through Flanders, the Rhenish Provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the Federated States of Germany and France
Commercial and other Establishments of Industry, and their Buildings.
The Imperial Exchange - The Rostral Columns - The first Foreign Ship at St. Petersburgh -peter the Great and the Dutch Ski pper.-inaugura tion of the New Exchange - Afiability and Condescension of Alexander the First towards the English Merchanta - New Imperial Warehouses. - Cus tom house-navigation of Merchant Vessels up the neva.-number of Vascla entered at St. Petersburgh in 1827. - Amount of Tonnage for that Year - Lists of Imports and Experts for the last ten years-balance of Export Trade in favour of Russia - General value of Corn exported in 1898 and 1891. - Custom-house Revenue, during the last six years. Ssudy increase of it every year - Number of Vessels entered and cleared.
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