CHAPTER LII.

_VLADIVOSTOCK._

Situation of town.--Lodged with Captain de Vries.--Chinese labourers.--Chinese convicts.--Coreans.--Inhabitants of Vladivostock.--Presented at the Governor’s house.--Admiral Erdmann’s improvements.--Visit to barracks.--Boys’ high school.--Education in Russia, its cost and method.--Vladivostock Girls’ Institute; and Free School.--Statistics of crime.--Telegraph companies.--Sunday services.--Protestantism in Siberia.--Village of exiles.--General remarks on exiles.--Preparations for departure 711