Baggage Tariff for Emigrants
| To carry 3 poods (i.e. 1 cwt.)— | |
| 1,000 versts | 30 copecks (i.e. about 6d.). |
| 5,000” | 1 rouble 50 copecks (2s. 3d.). |
| 9,000” | 2 roubles 70 ” (4s.). |
| To carry 30 poods (i.e. ½ ton)— | |
| 1,000 versts | 3 roubles (4s. 6d.). |
| 5,000” | 15” (22s. 6d.). |
| 9,000” | 27” (40s. 6d.). |
| And other amounts and distances proportionately. | |
Charges on the Rivers
| Fare in roubles. rbls. copks. | Baggage per pood. | |
| From Omsk to— | ||
| Pavlodar | 3 20 | 20 copecks |
| Semipalatinsk | 4 80 | 25 ” |
| From Krasnoyarsk to— | ||
| Batenei | 2 50 | 16 ” |
| Minusinsk | 2 80 | 18 ” |
At the larger stations and piers colonists’ shelters have been built; free medical aid is given, and hot food is served out cheap (for instance, a plate of lenten or of ordinary soup, four copecks—one penny).
To children up to ten years of age and to sick persons, hot food is given free. To small children (up to three years), white bread and milk is given free.
People who become ill of infectious diseases are removed to the Government hospitals and treated free.
At the great emigration stations beware of swindlers and charlatans, of whom there are not a few. It goes without saying that even the poorest emigrants have a little money, and they stand to lose even that if they are not careful. Beware of loiterers, card games with unknown persons, pick-pockets, robbers. Hide your money in a place where it cannot be stolen. Do not accept drinks of vodka or beer from unknown people. It is a common trick to scatter thorn-apple seed in vodka; the colonist loses consciousness, and is robbed. Many people have suffered in this way through lack of caution.
If on the road you purchase cattle or horses, obtain a certificate of purchase, or else the persons from whom you have bought may come back and declare that you have stolen what you bought.