GERMAN LANDS IN RUSSIA
COMPULSORY SALE. iir irxnaßAi'iT—chess ASSOCiATipNrTCOrrniDiiT.) St. Pctejrsliurgj IQ, The Hohpnlphe-Wittgeiisteiii estates «t Vilna havQ been sold, owing to a Russian decree that owners must bcccrae Russian subjects or sell.' Thp ownors offered the estates.to tho Government for £700,000, but the Government valuer estimated the value at £150,000. Thp estates wero sold privately for £430,000. The estates camp jnto possession .qf the HoHpnJolie family about 1848, through the marriage of Prince Hphenlohp jvitji the Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstcin,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 274, 12 August 1908, Page 7
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80GERMAN LANDS IN RUSSIA Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 274, 12 August 1908, Page 7
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