Note 4 — Chapter XXXVI · THE PENAL COLONY OF KARA.
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The number of forçats who, after finishing their terms, were, by special order of the Government, distributed, as exiled colonists among the inhabitants of the provinces of Eastern Siberia, for the seven years preceding my visit, was as follows:—
1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878
176 193 134 167 290 472 672
—the last year thus showing a release of a third of the whole number I found under detention.