Until they do this the Amoor will be unprofitable.
On the upper Amoor flour was formerly brought from the Trans-Baikal province to supply the settlements down to Habarofka.

In 1866 there was a short crop in that province and a good one on the upper Amoor.

A large quantity of wheat and rye,--I was told fifty thousand bushels,--was taken to the Trans-Baikal and sold there.

On the whole the Amoor country is very good for agriculture, and will sustain itself in time.
The import trade is chiefly in American and German hands, and comprises miscellaneous goods, of which they told me at least fifty per cent.

were wines and intoxicating liquors! The Russian emperor should make intemperance a penal offence and issue an edict against it.
A Boston house was the first foreign one opened here, and then came a German one.