f steam-engines in the
government of Moscow is stated, for 1830, at about 100--in 1820, two
only being in existence. On what authority the statement is given does
not appear; our own documents, to 1841 inclusive, are silent on that
head. For Moscow, with its immediate environs, the total number and the
produce of the cotton looms are thus given:--

Cotton loom, 17,000
Producing annually, 450,000 pieces of calico
Do. 400,000 do. of nankeen
Do. above, 2,000,000 do. of handkerchiefs
In the whole, inclusive
of other goods, such as
muslins, velvets, &c., &c.,
equal to above, 40,000,000 arschines of fabrics
Valued at 7,500,000 silver rubles.

The arschine is about twenty-eight English inches. The silk manufacture,
of recent establishment only in Moscow, presented the following results,
for that city and the surrounding districts:--

Number of common looms, 10,000
Jacquard, more than 5,000
Producing annually, 15,000,000 arschines of st
Valued at 10,000,000 silver rubles.

The woollen manufactories of Moscow, inclusive of the environs, employed
apart smaller loom shops:--

Looms, 5,139
Producing yearly, 30,000 pieces of superior quality
Do. more than 50,000 do. ordinary for the army
And do. 700,000 arschines of light cloths for China.

The values not given. The imports of merchandise from Moscow by water,
of which alone exact and detailed particulars are stated, amounted in--

1837, to 22,881,000 rubles assignation
1838, 22,074,563 ...
1839, 17,467,391 ...
1840, 28,283,877 ...

Three and a half rubles assignation, are equal to one silver ruble.
Moscow enjoys the advantage of being an internal bonded port, or port of
intrepot, a privilege now seeking by Manchester, so that importers of
foreign merchandise are not called upon for the payment of duties until
the moment when, withdrawing their imports, or any other portion of them
as occasion requires, the payment becomes necessary. Formerly the duties
had to be paid in the frontier ports, and often in bulk. The customhouse
revenue resulting, amounted in--

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