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produced being cousiderable and in many varieties. The output of this factory, includ- 

 ing the making of heel irons for boots and shoes, which is one of its marked spec- 

 ialities, and the drawing of wire, amounts to 500,000 roubles. 



The region of the village Besvodnoie, ah*eady often mentioned for its mechan- 

 ical works, holds a conspicuous place in the home production of wire wares; its 

 role in regard to this category of articles is equal to that of the village Pavlovo of 

 Nizhni-Xovgorod government in respect to the cutlery wares. Certain branches of 

 the industry in the village Besvodnoie, for instance the making of lishhooks, are 

 mainly if not solely represented there, although these wares have a large importance 

 for the vast tishing industry of the Empire. Wire webbing and nets made in this 

 region also find ready markets in the flour mills scattered on the borders of the 

 Volga, as well as on the farms, where they are used for the repair of implements of 

 husbandry; they compete successfully with wares made in Moscow not only in 

 cheapness, but also in quality, some of the manufacturers being very renowned. 



The sea fishhooks are made of the wire of the Nos. to 6; the river 

 fishhooks from wire. No. 8 to No. 23; the heavier wire is generally bought di- 

 rect at the manufactories; thin wire is partly drawn in the village Besvodnoie. 

 The rods are made not in Besvodnoie itself but in adjoining villages. Sea fishhooks 

 are sold by thousands in packets, their price ranging according to their size as 

 follows . 



Sea fishhooks are made of 9 sizes, and river fishhooks are of more diverse 

 sizes still ; the price of the smallest is about 25 kopecks per thousand, and that of 

 the larger hooks, from 1.50 to 4 roubles per thousand. The yearly production of 

 sea fishhooks, according to official figures, amounts to 600,000 roubles, and that 

 of river fishhooks, to 50,000 roubles. A certain quantity, not very large, of fish- 

 hooks is also produced in the government of Viatka at the village Istobensk, district 

 of Orlovsk. 



The metallic webbing and nets made in the region of Besvodnoie are of very 

 various kinds, especially the brass webbing, the finest of which contains over 150 

 threads per vershock. The weaving looms are of very simple construction, their 

 breadth hardly exceeds one arshine, more often less than one arshine. The total 

 production of brass and iron webbing and sieves of various kinds in the region of 

 Besvodnoie is stated at something over 900,000 roubles. It should be mentioned that 

 metallic webbing is also made at the village Stepacheva, district of Klin, government 



of M0.SCOW. 



