The principal part of the Russian fleet is still here, but the most of the ships will leave for the south at the end of the month. A few of the smaller vessels will remain here for the winter, as it is understood that the port will be easily kept open with the powerful new ice-breaker, the Nadezni, assisted by the old one, the HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS, On the 10th of October, before a. large and brilliant assembly of naval and military officials and officers.of the civil department, the Governor-General ofthe Amoor, General Dukofiski, Isid the first of the' ten-ton concrete blocks of the new harbour frontage to the railway depdt, at the. present terminus of the Siberian railway. After an imposing religious ceremony and the had been solemnly blessed by Right Rev. M. Smirnoff, General Dukoffski cemented up in a recess of the stone a number of current coins. A powerful pow steam floating crane, by Appleby & Ca. of London, which has been specially' imported (Prom oR ow connEsroxvENT,)
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