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Show Immigration Movement Move-ment in Siberia Every possible Inducement Is now being given by the government of llussla to get the great Siberian lands populated. An Immigration movement move-ment has been taken up by the Trans-Siberian Trans-Siberian railway committee with the view of colonizing that country with a staple population. It is wonderful how fast the people arc (locking into those lands. From 1E01 to 1802. 650,-000 650,-000 Russian fanners entered Siberia, while from 1603 to 1809 these figures rose (o 1,000,000. This great Increase is chiefly due to the reasonable terms through which tho title to lands can be acquired. The dally cousular and trade report has the following to say: "At the present time every colonist arriving in Siberia receives 37 acres of land free, paying no taxes on this land for the first three years, and n)y half the regular taxes for the next three. Pennyless emigrants have their passage pas-sage paid by the Government, and wood from the Crown lands to build their houses. "The Government has established depots for the sale of agricultural Implements Im-plements of all kinds to the immigrants, immi-grants, often selling them at reduced rates and on easy terms of payment. During 1007 over 600,000 persons, according ac-cording to the latest ofllclal figures, emigrated from European Russia to Siberia, and of this record-breaking number fewer than ever before returned re-turned to their former homes " |