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county and the slip clay of Albany, while the products of the 

 potteries embrace stoneware, earthenware, clay tobacco pipes, china 

 tableware, art pottery, porcelain electrical supplies, chemical anJ 

 sanitary ware, etc. The kaolin used is brought in from other 

 states or imported from England. Much of the stoneware clay 

 comes from New Jersey and the feldspar from Canada. 



The number of potteries that were active in 1908 was 25, and of 

 these all but one reported their production. The value of the out- 

 put as shown by the returns, includinc^ an estimate for the single 

 producer not reporting, amounted to $1,653,241, a sum consider- 

 ably less than that of the preceding year. It may be remarked, 

 however, that the total of $2,240,895 for 1907 was actually about 

 $200,000 in excess of the proper valuation for that year, owing to 

 the inclusion of extraneous material in the returns of electric sup- 

 plies. The value of such pottery in 1908 was based on the porcelain 

 alone, exclusive of the hardware trimmings. 



The following counties were represented in the production : 

 Albany, Erie, Kings, Livingston, Madison, Nassau, Onondaga, 

 Ontario, Schenectady, Suffolk, Washington and Westchester. On- 

 ondaga county with six active firms was first in importance of 

 output, which was valued at $637,796. Erie county with two pro- 

 ducers stood second and Ontario county with three was third. On- 

 ondaga and Erie counties produced most of the tableware. The 

 electric supplies were made chiefly in Schenectady and Ontario 

 counties. 



Value of production of pottery 



a Includes china tableware and cream-colored ware. 



b Includes a value of about $200,000 for hardware trimmings used in electric supplies. 



Crude clay 



In the foregoing tables relating to clay products no account has 

 been taken of the crude clay entering into their manufacture. There 



