Note 8 — Chapter XXXIX · THE HISTORY OF THE AMUR.

Admiral Kazakevich remained military governor of the Maritime province, and resided at Nikolaefsk; and General Busse was appointed military governor of the Amur, with a salary of £1000 a year, and a residence at Blagovestchensk. Shortly after the ukase of the 31st December, the Cossack forces on the Amur received a separate organization. Up to the end of 1858, 20,000 persons of both sexes had been settled along the river, and these were to furnish two regiments of cavalry and two battalions of infantry, as well as two battalions of Ussuri infantry from the Maritime province. Commercial enterprise was promised a fresh impulse by the foundation of the Amur Company, the object of which was the development of trade on the river. It started with a capital of £150,000, and was privileged to open establishments on the Amur and Shilka, but proved unsuccessful, and after a few years was dissolved.