wharves. Passing up the street to the east from the landing--at the right is the U.S. cable office, occupying the site of the old Russian fur warehouse. Next is the three-~ story building used for courthouse and jail, formerly the Russian Barracks where the Siberian Battalion was quartered. This is one of the most prominent of the old buildings which remain. In front of this is the stair- way leading to the top of the hill on which is situated the building of the Agricultural Department, on the site of the former resi- dence of the chief manager of the Russian American Company. Around this hill were the batteries of the Russians, commanding the Kolosh village and the harbor. The for- mer building was often called the Governor's Mansion, or the Baranof Castle, was built about 1837 and was destroyed by fire in 1894. The hill commands a fine view of the harbor and the surrounding islands. The present structure is the headquarters of the Alaska division of the Agricultural Department. Opposite the stairway to the hill is the way leading to the "Ranche;" the open square was the former parade ground of the Army, and later of the IT. S. Marines from the Man-~ of-War which was stationed here. East of the old barracks building is the former count- ing house of the Company, now occupied as