INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1876. cxcv 



A recapitulation of the foregoing statistics, showing the relative 

 proportions of the various kinds of pig-iron, and the magnitude of 

 the several branches of the industry, is given below : 



The New York Iron Age has published a valuable statistical re- 

 port, showing in detail the condition of the blast furnaces of the 

 country on September 1st, 1876, which enables us to draw the in- 

 ference that the production of the year just past will show a con- 

 siderable decrease as compared with 1875. The journal in ques- 

 tion affirms that the reports it publishes are nearly complete. One 

 of the notable facts showai by the report is that a much larger pro- 

 portion of furnaces are out of blast tlian at corresiDonding dates of 

 1874 and 1875. The following table shows comparatively the re- 

 sults of reports made to the journal referred to during the last three 

 years : 



