This year has shown an increase in our business relations with the United States. An American firm of the name of Clarkson Ca., has been established in this port and has imported a considerable quantity. of Oregon pine, no less than three steamers having arrived loaded with this timber, on account of the firm, so that actually our timber yards here have more Oregon pine in them than indigenous timber. The same firm has, in conjunction with a Russian capitalist, contracted for the furnishing of provisions for the troops, in. connection with which they imported last spring from the States a steamer load of 500 oxen.
MARITIME ITEMS, The trade of this port has increased considerably this. year as compared with last year, with proportionate increase of the number of vessels vi i is now, at time of here, the Dimitri Dons one 1a few torpedo boats, and the Italian cruiser Marco Polo.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.