84 



MAKLTACTUEES OF KUSSIA. 



The rapid increase in the number of tanneries and in their production greatly 

 depended upon the development of some branches of the leather industry which had 

 hardly existed before that time. For instance in former years a large quantity of 

 horseskin shoe leather and sewn uppers had been imported under the name of Ham- 

 burg goods, and of late years the home manufacture of this article greatly spread, 

 and by reason of its low price soon diminished the import. The following tables 

 for 1888 and 1889 show the present condition of the tanning, leather dressing and 

 sheepskin trades and of the production of leather goods, taken from statistics relating 

 to the best known firms: 



LEATHER TRADE. 



1888. 





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1889. 







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Ptussia in Europe without Tin- 

 land 



The Caucasus 



Siberia and Turkestan. . . . 



Total . . . . 



1,896 



60 



295 



34,994 

 1,629 

 2,379 



2,251 39,002 



1,811 



717 



1,752 



1,955 35,510 j 19,115 | 



63 



282 



4,280 2,300 



410 

 2,123 



611 



1,785 



38,043 21,511 



At the beginning of 1890 the total number of tanneries in Eussia was 2,300, 

 with a production of about 38 million roubles, and employing 21,511 men. Besides 

 this, in Finland in 1888 there were 602 with a production of 303,000 roubles, and 

 employing 1,908 hands. 



The largest and most advanced tanneries are situated in the Baltic region, and 

 in the government of St. Petersburg in particular. Towards the end of 1889 the 



