COMMERCE
957
The main items of the exports and imports by the frontier of Asia (inclusive of Caucasia) were in 1896: —
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Roubles
—
Roubles
Gold 1 Paper '
Gold
Paper
1892 1893 1894
82,420,750
97,175,007
114,461,845
697,023 3,323,070 3,861,909
1895 1896 1897
113,637,683 125,613,783
3,626,668 4,644,506 202,064,105^
1 As against 193,0(55,180 roubles in 1896. No distinction is now made between gold and paper revenue, the latter being reckoned at j^jth of the "Imperial."
The following table shows the value of the imports from, and exports to the countries named, through the European and Asiatic frontier, including the trade with Finland, in thousands of roubles: —
.
1896
1897
Imports from
Exports to
Imports from
Exports to
1,000 roubles
1,000 roubles
1,000 roubles
1,000 roubles
Germany ....
190,162
185,368
179,800
175,237
United Kingdom
111,041
160,903
102,091
150,8P9
France
23,412
50,208
24,683
63,684
Austria-Hungary
22,900
29,942
19,297
39,082
Belgium .
19,523
23,143
25,037
32,716
Netherlands .
5,835
70,850
5,863
87,255
Turkey .
5,748
14,069
5,589
12,686
Italy
10,006
36,412
10,538
31,472
Denmark ,
2,318
9,018
1,885
9,235
Rumania .
1,705
7,941
1,360
10,926
