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3IANUFACTU11ES OF RUSSIA. 



leather belting and hose pipe ; it was founded in 18S2, has one 8 horse power steam 

 engine, and an annual production of 140,000 roubles. There is also a special purse 

 manufactory belonging to Gustman, founded in 1883. 



The government of Perm ranks third in importance in this branch of industry ; 

 it has 23 factories with a total ])roduction of 311,000 roubles; next comes the govern- 

 ment of Livonia with 2 leather goods factories with a total production of 210,000 

 roubles, and the government of Tula comes last with two factories having a total 

 production of 165,000 roubles. The principal factory in the government of Livonia 

 is Shleihers Glove Manufactory in Eiga, founded in 1870; its production amounts to 

 200,000 roubles per annum; 250 men are employed in it. 



Import of leather goods. 



These way be divided into 4 classes : a. raw hides, pelts ; t. tanned and dressed 

 hides, straps, belting, varnished leather; c. furs; d. leather goods^ such as boots, 

 shoes and harness. 



The import of leather and leathern goods in 1884 amounted to 16,500,000 

 roubles; in 1885 it showed a considerable increase but afterwards began to decline, 

 ciud in 1887 fell to the minimum of 10,750,000 roubles; after that it again rose and 

 in 1889 reached 17 million roubles. These fluctuations are in strict accordance 

 with those of the native industry and clearly show the indirect proportion between 

 the import and the progress of the internal trade. In 1885 the home production 

 amounted to 40,-300,000 roubles and the import to 17,700,000. In 1886 the production 

 showed an increase of about 2 millions and the import decreased by almost the 

 same sum. In 1887 the production attained the maximum of 44,800,000, roubles and 

 the import fell to its lowest point of 10,700,000, after Avhich the production began to 

 fall off and the import accordingly rose. Upon examining the various items of the 

 import it will be found that the fui's are the most important, as they average about 

 46.75 per cent of the total, excepting in 1887. The next important article is tanned 

 and dressed hides, which are fairly constant at about 30 per cent of the total import 

 next come the raw hides averaging about 17,25 per cent, and lastly the leather 

 manufactured goods averaging about 5 per cent of the total import. 



