EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

25 December 1918

Article 2

Heard:

The report by the Minister of Finances

a) On assigning the loan to the People’s Council of Abkhazia.

Decided:

1.  To assign six million roubles loan to the People’s Council of Abkhazia.

2. The mentioned loan shall be given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs upon the agreement with the Ministry of Finances in certain portions within six months.

3. Repayment of the loan shall start from 1 January 1922 (five hundred thousand (500 000) roubles on every January 1 and July 1).

4. The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall submit the relevant Decree to the Constituent Assembly.

(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, f. 1891, file 1243, p. 71)