COTTON GOODS. 



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With regard to the price of labniir it is liighest in tin- i'ulish und lowest in 

 tlie Moscow districts, as will be seen by the following particulars regarding the 

 weekly wages of workmen in the different departments of cotton manufactories. 



The cost of production of cotton tissues in general use, including depreciation 

 and sinking of capital, is as follows : 



* The average cost of production per piece (90 arshines) of 8 pound calico (that 

 is, a piece weighing eight pounds), consists of the following items : weavers wages, 30 ko- 

 pecks ; other wages, 13 kopecks ; administration, 5 kopecks; materials, 10 kopecks; general 

 expenses, 30 to 35 kopecks; total, 90 to 95 kopecks. 



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