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MANUFACTURES OF EUSSIA. 



The state of the machine building industry during this period, characterizing 

 its present condition as well, can be seen from the following data on the number of 

 factories and hands employed, and on the value of the home production for the 

 years 1885, 1887, 1889 and 1890. 



Furthermore, some other manufactories, which having other specialities cannot 

 be called machine works, are engaged in the industry; according to official data for 

 1890, 17 such factories were occupied with 'machine building, their yearly output 

 amounting to 2,731,000 paper roubles. In order to give an idea of the present con- 

 dition^of machine building in Russia it should be mentioned that the manufactories 

 engaged in this industry were moved by 63 water propellers, and 539 steam engines 

 having 658 steam boilers, the total amounting to 10,990 steam powers. 



Of the persons having received technical education and having the manage- 

 ment of the manufactories in 1890, there were 221 Russians and 100 foreigners, and 



