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THE ENORMOUS EXPANSION OF ' KUSSIA'S WHITE SEA POET. . J, "Tliero has probably never been a more noteworthy expansion ill the trade ofany particular port in such a short time than lias occurred at: Archangel during the last year .(says the American Commercial At<rwho at Petrograd in a report to ."his .-'t-vernment). .Prom a comparatively unimportant port about a year ago, dependent chiefly-upon its sawmills and fishing fleet for prosperity,!'it has suddenly become one of the most important ports in the world, rivalling .even New York'in the number and tonnage of. ships arriving and departing between, about May 1, and the close of ice-free navigation. "Larger preparations- than mct am being planned to meet'the'traffic for next .spring. ■ ! ,■ "Archangel has become one of the most iirportaiit wheat-exporting ports of the .world; apparently much of the wljeatfofnierly exported from Black Sea or Baltic ports is now shipped, from here. In August it was said that about 1,000,000 poods (18,000 short tons) was lying in. port, while 15,000,000, or 20,000,000 poods (270,000 to 860,000 short tons) had been shipped since ilay." ..
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2662, 6 January 1916, Page 8
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180GRAIN FROM ARCHANGEL Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2662, 6 January 1916, Page 8
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