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MAXUFACTURES OF RUSSIA. 



roubles a year, and employ 101 men. There is one India rubber manufactory in the 

 g-overnment of Moscow belonging- to the Moscow India Rubber Company, established 

 in 1888; it has one steam boiler and 3 steam engines generating 250 horse power; 

 its production amounts to 1,000,000 roubles and employs 370 hands. In Poland there 

 are two small mills with 2 steam boilers and 2 steam engines with a total of 21 horse 

 power ; their united production is equal to 258,000 roubles, and they employ 180 men. 

 The rapid progress achieved by the Russian india rubber trade conveys the 

 assumption that the import of foreign rubber goods should be steadily declining, and 

 this is proved by the following figures. 



Statistics of the previous years show that the import reached its highest stage 

 during the period from 1876 to 1881 ; in 1882 it began to decline and from 1884 

 shows a decidel decrease. During the second half-decade of 1880 fluctuations again 

 occurred, as shown by the following table. 



The largest item is made up of the pure gum elastic and gutta-percha goods; 

 next come those made of a mixture of rubber and other substances ; gum elastic 

 thread fabrics are imported in small quantities, and rubber boots and shoes only 

 appear occasionally as an import. The total import does not amount to more than 

 3 per cent of the internal production. 



The export of india rubber and gutta-percha goods increases as the import 

 decreases. The following tables show, however, that this increase was not without 

 considerable fluctuations. 



