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WLADIWOSTOCK.

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anchorages along the eastern shore of Dundas Island. The transit of cargo is then effected to Wladiwostock over the ice.

This port, now the chief naval station of Russia on the Pacific, is governed by an Admiral appointed from home, but whose jurisdiction does not extend beyond the peninsula. The Governor is independent of the Governor-General of the province or of the Government of Irkutsk, receiving his instructions direct from St. Petersburg. He is aided by a staff of naval and military officers, as well as by a Mayor and Town Council elected by and from among the Russian civil community. The town is built on the southern slope of the hills running along the northern shore of the harbour. The entire area, with the exception of many unoccupied lots intervening here and there, is covered by buildings; and the town is well laid out with good roads. Most conspicuous among the buildings are the Government Offices, the Barracks, and the Governor's residence, which is surrounded by a Public Garden, while the houses of the more affluent merchants are well and substantially built. In the Public Garden the town band plays twice a week during the summer. There is a Naval Club, to which civilians are admitted as non-voting members; two or three hotels; a Gymnasium, or School for boys; an Institute for young ladies; and a General Hospital. The city now contains upwards of 12,000 souls, most of whom are of European extraction. The value of the import trade of Wladiwostock in 1885 was 5,227,332 roubles; the exports were very trifling.

DIRECTORY.

Local Government.

Commander in chief of Russian Ports in Pacific and Military Governor of Wla- diwostock

Acting do. Capt. Engelm Aide-de-Camp-Capt. Boyle Port Captain-Capt. Lawroff Hydrographic Department-V. Panoff,

acting chief

Building Department-Col. Iwanoff Chief Medical Adviser-Dr. Siebert Naval Department-Capt. Engelm Floating Dock-Capt. Kasi Gout. Treasury-Telech

Chief of Police-F. Petroff

CIVIL ADMINISTRATION.

Governor's Office-F. Popoff, secretary Mayor J. Makoffsky Councillor A. Efseyeff Secretary-Jermakoff

Superintendent of Revenues-W. T. Schu-

kewitsch

Chief Assistant—O. Grothhuns

Circuit Court or JustiICE.

Chief Judge N. Cherepanoff Assessor-A. Wedensky

Do. -Bagulin

Attorney General Buschyeff Clerk of Court-Iwanoff, secretary

GYMNASIUM (GOVERNMENT SCHOOL.) Woosnesensky, director

Rev. Smirnoff, Orthodox teacher of reli-

gion

A. Rumpeter,Protestant teacher of religion William P. Margaritoff, teacher of ma-

thematics

teacher of Greek and Latin Woldemar Ruberg, teacher of English Harry Peters, teacher of German

teacher of Russian

Theodor Degtereff, teacher of preparátory

class

N. Vasilieff, teacher of drawing and

caligraphy

Edward Tarashkewitch, physician