LOCKS, HANDLES, AND OTHER LOCKSMITH WARES. 



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KINDS OF WARES. 



Gold and silver goods. . 



Wares of brass and its 

 alloys 



Wares of zinc, tin and lead 



Blacksmith wares, iron 

 and tin 



Cast iron and cast steel. 



Cutlery 



Implements and tools . . 



Scythes and sickles. . . 



Wire and wire goods . . 



Locks and locksmith wares 



Total in millions . . 



Home pro- 

 duction. 



Import. 



Export. 



Home con- 

 sumption. 



In thousands of roubles. 



Supplied 



BY home 



production. I 



Per cents. 



7,000 



10,000 

 8,500 



27,500 



21,000 



2,425 



500 * 



275 

 22,500 

 15,000 



7,527 



17,594 

 8,848 



29,011 



21,104 



2,558 



2,-371 



2,032 



24,617 



16,704 



94.3 



90.9 

 9G.0 



94.8 

 99.5 

 94.8 

 21.1 

 13.5 

 91.4 

 89.2 



120 



13 



V3 



132 



91 



The data relating to the present condition of the metal industry in Russia, not 

 including machinery, all kinds of apparatus, appliances, materials for ship building 

 and for all sorts of conveyances, lead to the following conclusions: 



1. The manufacture of war appliances chiefly made at the Crown manufactories, 

 although private factories work also some such articles, has attained a high degree of 

 perfection, not inferior to that of the best foreign works. 



2. The manufacture of cutlery, the casting of bells, the making of silver wares 

 and of most of the wire goods, must be regarded as among the most successful 

 branches of the industry, supplying largely the home demands. 



3. The fabrication of locks is well established although the manufacture of 

 mortise locks and padlocks, owing to the poverty of the workmen, is rather poorly 

 developed; this industry, even if it retain its household character, always tending to 

 cheapen the goods, is capable of great development, especially if it were managed 

 by more well to do persons. 



4. The making of ordinary brass and locksmith wares, as well as that of 

 enamelled plate, tin and zinc goods, is on the whole satisfactory, although the manu- 

 facturers should direct their attention to increasing the use of technical machinery, 

 such as the stamping apparatus, and to the producing of a greater variety of makes. 

 As much may be said with regard to bronze, in as much as the production of orna- 

 mental bronze goods, and of articles of the fine arts, leaves much yet to be desired. 

 Other wares of bronze used by bookbinders and joiners are, as yet, only of second grade. 



* These figures show the value of the import according to customhouse data. 

 ** The approximate amount of the output. 

 *** Including the export of tin wares, amounting to 6,000 roubles, according to the 

 statistics of the customhouse. 



