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fol. 211-215: About Arabic community's requests; local administration.

fol. 178-179v: About request to advance payment of allowance for the first and second half-year because of important debts to Muslims and banker Berkheim (more than 1300 gold liras); creditors menace to turn Christians out of the houses; Greek clergy incites Muslims creditors; charity.

9 documents; violation of extraterritoriality, identical verbal note, governor Rushdi-Effendi wants to abolish diplomatic immunity, protest. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem, Russian Ambassador in Constantinople, Jerusalem governor, other consuls in Jerusalem; Recipient: .

Report; violation of foreigners' rights, interrogations in police in absence of consulate's dragoman, forgery of documents, predecessors of actual governor preferred impose an administrative fine upon Russian pilgrims, it provoked abusive utilization of penalties, even imprisonment. Consul asks to prohibit interrogations in police in absence of consulate's dragoman and searches without consul's authorization; foreigners' rights, police. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople I.A. Zinoviev.

Report; on 23 June - 16 July visit in Jerusalem of head of Moscow Ecclesiastical Academy bishop Arseny with 2 professors and 10 students; in Jerusalem smoking is permitted everywhere, even in Patriarchate; bishop is discontented because of a cool reception; public habits. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople I.A. Zinoviev.