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operatives per 1000 spindles since the last Inquest-". " From 

 a great quantity of materials lying before me, I cull," he 

 writes, " the following, which, however, refer solely to lead- 

 ing and technically distinguished spinning mills : 



Per 1000 spindles. 



Switzerland 6.2 operatives. 



Mulhouse 5.8 



Baden and Wiirtemberg 6.2 ,, 



Bavaria 6.8 



Saxony (new and splendid mills) . . .7.2 

 Vosges, France (old spinning mills) . . 8.9 

 Russia 16.6 



The average counts of yarn for all these are between 

 twenties and thirties. 



The progress realised in Augsburg between 1875 and 1891 

 appears as follows : 



1875. 1691. 



Per spindle, Ib. yarn 32.6 35.9 



Counts. 34 34 



Per spindle, Ib. cotton 39.3 42.4 



Operatives, per 1000 spindles . . . 9.7 7.8 



Hours of labour, per week 72 66 



Wages have been raised everywhere." 



F. MINING AND TEXTILES IN AUSTRIA. 



To give an idea of the development of industries in 

 Austria-Hungary, it is sufficient to mention the growth of her 

 mining industries and the present state of her textile in- 

 dustries. 



The value of the yearly extraction of coal and iron ore 

 appears as follows : 



1880. 1893. 



Coal (Austria) .... .1,611,000 2,796,000 



Brown coal (Austria) .... 1,281,300 2,837,400 



Raw iron (Austria-Hungary) . . 1,749,000 3,015,800 



At the present time the exports of coal entirely balance the 

 imports. 



As to the textile industries, Austria alone, already in 1890, 

 had 1970 steam-engines, of 113.280 horse-power, employed in 



