32,800 kilograms, consisting of an alloy of gold and silver, were 
deposited for safekeeping at the Branch of the State Bank ‘in that 
city. The remaining 151,438 kilograms were utilized as a basis for 
credit operations, having been either sold or deposited as security. 
The sales effected in 1919 included 53,005 kilograms of ‘gold 
(68,261,497 rubles equal to $35,154,671), which were distributed 
as follows: 
To the French Government, in May 
“British “ “ 
British and French in July 
Japanese Government, in August 
“ “ in September 
French $+ 
Fra 
0 ZB Leeserivinaniosvins 
2,661,185 
10,898,182 
14,758,114 
13,669,381 
10,650,254 
15,889,881 
rubles 
68,281,497 
There was deposited as security a total of 98,433 kilograms, 
of a value of 126,765,304 rubles ($65,284,132). This amount 
included 31,680,765 rubles ($16,315,504) as security for 
credits of 30,000,000 yen opened in Japan, 90,860,437 rubles 
($46,793,125) for the operations with the Anglo-American Syndicate, 
and 4,224,102 rubles for the purchase of rifles and machine guns 
n America. 
Tae God EvacuaTep From OMSK 
At the time of the evacuation of Omsk there was thus left, out 
of the original old stock of 645,256,387 rubles ($332,307,039) 
an amount of 408,189,912 rubles ($210,217,805), which was 
loaded in the days from October 28th to November 8th, 1919, on a 
special train containing 40 cars.. Admiral Kolchak’s trains denoted 
by the letters A, B, C, D, E, and the armored train left Omsk 
during the day.of November 12 and in the following night. Omsk 
was occupied on November 15. The Admiral had left on train B, 
while the General Staff, the Exchequer, and the guard were carried 
on trains A, C, Dy E. At Tatarskaya station train B ran into the 
train which carried the gold, and a fire broke out, which destroyed 
eight cars; 80 men of the guard were killed and 30 were injured. 
Several cases with gold were lost, and after the load of the 
destroyed cars had been placed in other cars, the trains arrived at 
their destination, Novo-Nikolaevsk, where they remained until Dec- 
ember 4. On that date, after a series of incidents, it became. pos- 
sible to dispatch the trains further easward. The Czechs, who had 
been seizing all locomotives for the evacuation of their troops. 
refused to place at Admiral Kolchak’s disposal the seven locomotives 
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