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.
