Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. Xavier Hommaire de Hell

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54,406 Ismael (on the Danube) 3,913,494 9,915 2,793,244 Reny (on the Danube) 718,040 50,773 609,541 77,745 In Bessarabia Novoselitza 1,978,172 163,868 3,277,660 81,868 Skouliany 829,602 525,638 737,462 540,618 Leovo 96,832 60,537 58,906 36,709 Tagranok 7,666,943 60,537 8,219,648 Marioupol 4,152,710 60,537 6,808,526 Berdiansk 2,971,426 60,537 4,107,638 Kertsch 226,999 60,537 123,082 Theodosia 1,281,244 60,537 955,108 Eupatoria 9,299,365 60,537 2,394,867 Balouclava Total 64,435,699 814,461 78,637,759 793,346 IMPORTS. PORTS. 1838. 1839. Goods. Specie. Goods. Specie. Odessa 17,483,635 3,825,258 19,297,201 3,992,799 Ismael (on the Danube) 253,697 1,632,996 238,996 820,035 Reny (on the Danube) 50,193 797,497 85,429 553,174 In Bessarabia Novoselitza 221,324 1,939,604 245,198 3,048,064 Skouliany 222,507 497,200 195,088 721,015 Leovo 52,336 29,932 55,664 26,291 Taganrok 5,887,901 1,415,596 5,334,369 2,885,279 Marioupol 300 640,660 987 1,515,525 Berdiansk 300 768,722 987 825,113 Kertsch { 175,321 { 250,887 Theodosia { 673,535 1,678,658 { 695,130 1,891,947 Eupatoria { 185,480 { 131,222 Balouclava 6,605 Total 25,212,834 13,226,132 26,520,171 16,281,242 Total of Duties 25,212,834 8,492,074 26,520,171 8,215,426

      The foreign goods that entered the interior of the empire in 1839, by way of Odessa, amounted in value to 9,130,148 paper rubles, which, curiously enough, was not even half the total importation of that port. From this we may judge of the consumption of Odessa, and at the same time of the extent of the contraband trade.

      From these tables we see that there is no equilibrium in the trade of Odessa. Southern Russia absorbs every year more than 15,000,000 of foreign specie, and its exports are treble its imports. It is evident that such a trade rests on no solid basis; that its prosperity is due only to accidental circumstances, and that ships will gradually abandon

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