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Golf of Riga, an arm of tho Bultic Sea. | of the It has a very large import and export| the On trade, the two together totalling about | when o £10,000,000. The port is closed by Ice for | to the | about four months in the year, but the| The ci numerous manufactures in the city provide | healthy employment for many of the dock workers. | Its cor Corn, timber, fax, bemp, and linseed are} very g1 alle sabe coal, wine, and manu-| of Bra goods form the chief imports; | pa ing population over 230,000. the city [s. 260]