1216

RUSSIA

White Sea.

Baltic

Black and Azov

Total . Caspian Sea Danube Pacific Coast

1908

1900

1910

Number

1,165 10,161 40,913

52,239

15,849

1,869

596

1,000 Tons

276

1,192

19,318

20,786

9,019

643

232

Number

1,050 10,839 40,568

52,457

17,928

1,376

561

1,000 Tons

261

1,291

19,083

Number

1,000 Tons

20,635

10,493

530

189

1,116 10,747 44,045

269

1,395

20,240

55,908

18,505

1,317

900

21,910

11,316

524

636

The merchant Russia appeared as

vessels entered and cleared at the follows for three years : —

ports of European

1908

1909

1910

Number

1,000 Tons

Number

1,777 11,397

1,000 Tons

Number

1,000 Tons

Entered : — Russian . Foreign .

1,777 9,234

1,241 9,519

1,234 11,991

1,873 12,038

1,322 12,610

Total .

11,011

i0,760

13,174

13,225

13,911

13,932

Cleared : — Russian . Foreign .

1,683 9,243

1,098 9,548

1,775 12,049

1,248 12,634

11,334 13,042

11,912

Total .

10,926

10,646

13,072

13,824

13,882

Internal Communications.

I. RiA^ERS AND Canals,

In European Russia (exclusive of Finland) thei-e are 153,782 miles of rivers, canals and lakes, 20,670 miles being navigable for steamers, 7,482 for small sailing vessels, 88,739 for rafts. In Asiatic Russia there are 86,422 miles of rivers, canals, and lakes, 21,421 miles being navigable for steamers, 8,678 for small sailing vessels, 33,224 for rafts.

The following tables give the results of the census of river fleet of European Russia in 1900, compared with those of 1890 and 1895, and the provisional data of the census of 1906, as regard the number of vessels.

Number of vessels and their crew : —

1890 1

1895

1900 1

1906

1 Number ! Crew

Number

2,539

20,580

Crew 32,689 95,608

Number

3,295

22,859

Crew

Number

Steamers Other vessels

Total .

1,824 25,814 20,125 90,356

40,603 98,269

3,696 ' 22,980

21,949 116,170

23,119

128,297

26,154

138,872 '

, 26,676