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MANUFACTURES OP RUSSIA. 



very insi^uificant. Tlie production of Russian cotton spinning- mills of late years, has 

 been 10.000.000 pouds of yarn annually, and consequently the import of foreign 

 goods into Russia is only two and a half per cent of the home production. The prin- 

 cipal receipts, as sliown by the customhouse accounts, are sewing, knitting and also 

 doubled yarns, prepared from fine counts, of which little is produced in Russia. As 

 regards the import of low counts, below X« 45, wliich form the principal part of 

 Russian production, the amount imported is very small. The manufacture of sewing 

 cotton has recently developed in Russia and promises soon to meet the home demands. 

 The import of manufactured cotton goods is less significant than the import of yarns, 

 in relation to the quantity of such goods manufactured in Russia. 

 For the last fifteen years, the imports were as follows : 



Years. 



Cotton tissues, 

 gray, white colou- 

 red and checked, 

 excepting those 

 dyed in Ariria- 

 nople red. 



[ Paper 

 roubles. 



Cotton cord- 

 ing, knitting 

 and plaiting 

 goods. 



Paper 

 roubles. 



Years. 



Cotton tissues Cotton velvet, 

 printed and 

 dyed in Adria- 

 nople red. 



plush and rib- 

 bon velvet. 



Taper 

 roubles 



I'ouds. 



Paper 

 roubles. 



PoUDS AND PAPER ROUBLES OIVEN IX THOUSANDS. 



1877 



1878 

 1879 

 1?80 

 1881 



-Average 



1882 . 

 18?3 . 



]^S-i . 



1885 . 



1886 . 



Average 



1887 . 



1888 . 



1889 . 



1890 . 

 1891.. 



Average 



678 

 1,352 

 1,772 

 1,688 

 1,443 



30.7 



29.6 

 30.6 



1,824 

 1,839 



20.6 i 1,387 



1,648 

 26.9 I 1,555 



24.0 1 1,332 



21.1 ! 1,167 



27.0 



15.0 



11.0 



8.9 



7.1 



2,018 

 1,018 



686 

 588 

 466 



26.4 ,1,503 1 13.8 955 



18.4^pe026 

 14.5 j 768 

 20.4 j 1 104 



1,014 

 818 



19.3 

 16.2 



6.1 

 4.9 



7.7 

 6.4 

 6.0 



408 

 353 



517 

 413 



388 



17.8 926 



6 2 



416 



130 

 429 

 602 

 703 

 604 



115 



12 

 10.7 



8.8 

 7.6 



397 ! 3.0 



494 



45S 

 339 

 304 

 318 

 2-3 



340 



226 

 167 

 180 

 hi 

 109 



4.5 324 



1.8 



15!) 



From this it is seen that the import of manufactured cotton tissues has been 

 for a long time very small, and that it gradually decreases in all sections. If the 

 y early returns be taken of home production at 9,600,000 pouds of manufactured cotton 



