New supplementary regulations have recently been made by the Russian Government concerning the free impor: ation of certain non-Russian goods into the Priamur and Maritime Provinces of Siberia, both by the various land routes or by water-route of the Amur and its tributaries. They are of considerable interest to foreign exporters of the Far East, so that no apology, is necessary for giving some of the articles which are admitted duty free into this part of town Russian territory. Under this head are:—Chinese " ground-note, all kinds of food for horees and animals, artificial and animal manure, domestic animals and here, animal bones, raw ground phosphates and superphosphates, horns and hoofs, raw leather, raw, tanned skins of various sorts, hemp bags, asp iron, bar iron, tin-plebe, steel, pewter, tin etc, wire products oxcept copper, all agricultural impiements, and machine tools for the trades, crafts, factories, workshops, machinery of all sorts whether en tire or in porta The following articles are not allowed at all to be imported into Russian territory without the permission of the Minister of Interior:—Live pigs and all preparations made from pig flesh and fat, implements of warfare, playing cards, margarine products, Bengales matches, fishing tackle, furniture materials and games coloured with arsenic preparations, any-line dyes, American potatoes, whole or sliced, leaves, skins, conserves hermetically sealed, preserved edibles in which sugar is employed, wines and grape products, Chinese wine and spirit made from grain.
As may be expected there is a prosperous contraband trade being carried on between the Russian and Chinese frontiers, especially in the Amur district. In the winter months when the Amur river is frozen over it is not s difficult matter for Chinese or Russians to con-
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