Chargé Eddy to the
Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
St.
Petersburg, August 29,
1906.
No. 638.]
Sir: I have the honor to confirm herewith my
cablegram of yesterday,a and
inclose herewith the text, in French, of the order in question.
I have, etc.,
Spencer Eddy,
Chargé d’Affaires ad
interim.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
St.
Petersburg, August
16.
The Messager Officiel publishes the following official communication:
“His Majesty the Emperor, with the purpose of increasing the real
estate of the peasants, ordered, on the 12th of August instant:
- “I. The sale through the Peasants’ Real Estate Bank (a) of the leased crown lands not
belonging to forest lots as fast as the leases expire; (b) of forest tracts surrounded by
private lands; and (c) in the
provinces of Arkhangelsk and of Vologda, of the forest
tracts whose sale to the peasants shall be deemed
practicable.
- “II. Are excluded from the crown lands to be sold by the
Peasants’ Real Estate Bank (a) the
lots occupied by manufactories, industrial establishments,
or mining installations; (b) the
crown lots occupied as country residences and other
expensive constructions, by gardens, nurseries, or
representing made ground not conforming to the ordinary
conditions of rural economy and (c)
crown lands in Crimea, in Transcaucasus, and in the forest
of Bielovjsk.
- “III. The allotment among the peasants of the lands
transferred to the Peasants’ Real Estate Bank, as well as
the appraisement of each land lot, shall be made by the real
estate organization commission created by the imperial ukase
of March 4, with the participation of the Peasants.
- “IV. The duty of drafting projects for the system to be
followed in the transfer of the crown lands to the Peasants’
Bank in settling the accounts of the bank with the land
office for the transferred lands, and in establishing the
conditions under which these lands shall be sold to the
peasants, in order that these conditions correspond with the
means of the Peasants’ Bank, shall be intrusted to the
minister of the court, who will consult the ministers of the
interior and of finance, and with the director general of
land organization and of agriculture, provided that such
said projects shall be submitted in the near future to the
high appreciation of His Majesty the Emperor.”
