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MANUFACTURES OF RUSSIA. 



These data show that since the instalment of the excise upon matches theii- 

 production in Russia tends visibly to increase. The number of factories making phos- 

 phorous matches has decreased ; those having a mixed product have fluctuated consid- 

 erably in number, but those making safety matches have increased in number and 

 in output, at the expense of those manufacturing simple phosphorous matches. Thus, 

 in 1890 the output of safety matches in comparison to that of 1889 had increased 

 23.6 per cent; in 1891 as compared to 1890, 9.4 per cent; in the mean time the 

 making of phosphorous matches had decreased in 1890, 3.1 per cent; and in 1891. 

 1.3 per cent. The average product of the factories grew accordingly; in 1889, it reached 

 447,700,000; in 1890, 492,500,000; and in 1891, 534,100,000 pieces. 



The match factories were distributed in different regions for the last three 

 years as follows: 



Eastern 



Central Chernoziom . . . . 

 Central manufacturing . . . 



Northern 



iSorth- western 



Little Russia 



Poland 



Baltic 



St. Petersburg and Moscow 



Western Siberia 



Eastern Siberia 



Southern 



South- western 



Turkestan 



Transcaucasia 



Total 



62 



61 



52 



21 



16 



14 



12 



9 



6 



6 



2 



4 



4 



1 



1 



312 



290 



271 



From these figures it may be seen that the greatest number of the factories 

 in 1891 were in the eastern region, namely 22.9 per cent, while in the two pre- 

 ceding years the first place was held by the central Chernoziom region; in 1890, 

 24.5 per cent, in 1889, 27.5 per cent, which is now second, 22.5 per cent. Other 

 regions come in successive order as follows: central manufacturing, 19.2 per cent;< 



