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Bulletin for foreign commerce, import in Palestine, import from Russia (flour, wood), amount and prices. Sender: Russian Ministry of Commerce and Industry Recipient: .

Copy of a report; governor Tevfik-Bey's arrangements about Jews arriving in Jerusalem, caimacam and police take bribes and let them enter, private persons help Jews in their affairs with local administration. Governor orders to 1. make lists with names and distinctive marks of arriving Jews, 2. Jew must find a local guarantor and leave Palestine in a month, 3. Jew must give his own guarantee, 4. Jew must deposit his passport, 5. if there is no local guarantor, Jew must pawn something valuable, 6. guarantee is executed by Jaffa notary public, 7. guarantees are conserved by special commission, 8. commission reports to governor; Jewish immigration, local administration. Sender: Russian vice-consul in Jaffa N.I. Strebulaev Recipient: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev.

Reports, telegrams, accounts of Medical commission about cholera in Palestine in September-December 1902, statistics of cases, insufficient arrangements of local authorities, absence of quarantine, lack of money and medicaments, necessity to suspend pilgrimage; public health situation. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev Recipient: Russian foreign ministry.

Report and copies of reports in Constantinople; tax for street lighting and sweeping out of Jerusalem walls; governor demands to pay it since 1 March, before approbation by consulates and announcement. Owners of buildings out of the walls pay big taxes, habitants inside the walls have a privilege. Local authorities want to take fines from Russian subjects without consul's mediation, question about jurisdiction for foreigners who possess houses, local officials demand bakshish. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev Recipient: Nicholas Genrikhovich Hartwig, director of First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.

This fonds includes non-political documents about Greece, about the Greek Church, public health, police, pilgrims, and Russians acquisitions and buildings in Palestine.

Order and Russian Synod's order; photographer Ivan Itshenko asks to pay photos made by order of archimandrite Antonin Kapustin, Chief of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. Sender: Asian department of the Russian foreign ministry Recipient: Russian consulate general in Jerusalem.

Report and extracts from brochure about Orthodox rising in Palestine (conflicts between Greek community and local Orthodox population); election to Mixed council in Orthodox Patriarchate, discussion of its activity in press; charity, schools, moods in Orthodox community. Sender: acting Russian consul general in Jerusalem V. Antipov Recipient: First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.

Report and translation of telegram; governor Madjid-Bey cancelled delivering of identification documents (red tezkere) to Jews because of complaints about abuses. Central administration makes concessions to Jews, but wants to reduce Jewish immigration. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.F. Kruglov Recipient: First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.

Report; juridical status of independent schools founded by Ottoman and foreign private persons according to governor's and Academic council's authorization, Ottoman authorities survey teachers and programmes. In reality, foreign schools are beyond control, they have sultan's firman. Conflict between schools and local representatives of Ottoman Ministry of Public Instruction, discussion about exemption from military service for teachers with Ottoman nationality. Sender: acting Russian consul general in Jerusalem V. Antipov Recipient: First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.

Copy of report to Embassy and 3 annexes; railway in Jaffa, statistics on passengers (by nationality) and merchandises for 1905-1908, profit and expenses of railway, history of railway administration, vehicles, tariffs, prospect of new branch lines. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.F. Kruglov Recipient: First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.