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MANUFACTURES OF RUSSIA. 



At present the technical equipment of the Oboukhovsk Manufactory, as represented 

 by 11 puddling, 27 hot blast and 3 Marten furnaces, and by 240 casting furnaces, 2 con- 

 vertors, 15 steam hammers, the largest being of 50 tons, one hydraulic press yielding 7,000 

 tons pressure, furnishes it with the means to execute all the orders of the Department of 

 War and Marine, for guns as well as for artillery purposes in general, and to fulfill in the 

 mean time many orders from mechanical works and railways. The yearly production 

 of this manufactory, including that of assorted steel and blocks used for sheet roll- 

 ing, amounts to 3 million roubles. 



According to official data the Oboukhovsk Manufactory produced from 1887 to 

 1892 the following amounts of the most important goods. 



The product of this manufactory for the same period including not only the 

 above mentioned wares but also all sorts of orders executed for the Departments of 

 War and Marine may be seen from the following figures. 



YEARS. 



Thousands 

 OP roubles. 



1887. 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890. 

 1891. 



2,377 

 2,508 

 1,772 

 2,552 

 2,342 



The gun manufactory at Perm, founded in 1863, belongs also to the list of 

 well equipped factories in technical respects ; it owns a 50-ton steam hammer of high 

 pressure, and all the necessary means for the working of guns, artillery supplies and 

 other articles required by the Department of AVar. Eunning 21 steam engines, yield- 



