Note 5 — Chapter XLI · BLAGOVESTCHENSK.
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The Government authorized, so far back as 1861, the construction of a telegraphic line from Nikolaefsk, up the Amur, to Khabarofka, which was to continue thence to the southernmost point of the Russian territories on the Sea of Japan. The telegraph line from Kasan to Omsk was to be opened in the same year; from Omsk to Irkutsk in 1862, and thence undertaken in 1863 to Kiakhta and Khabarofka, the Amur Company agreeing to do the work and the Minister of Marine to provide the funds, the Government guaranteeing 5 per cent. on the outlay. The rates for telegrams in Russia and Siberia are:—
Within a radius of 66 miles, 1 shilling for 20 words.
” ” 660 ” 2 shillings ” ”
” ” 1,000 ” 4 ” ” ”
Beyond ” ” ” 6 ” ” ”