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after having deducted the agricultural establish- 

 ments, M. March arrives at the figures of 483,000 

 establishments belonging to this category in 

 industry, and 1,047,000 persons of both sexes 

 working in these establishments, or temporarily 

 attached to some industrial establishment. To 

 these we must add 37,705 industrial establish- 

 ments, where no hired workmen are employed, 

 but the head of the establishment works with 

 the aid of the members of his own family. We 

 have thus, in these two divisions, about 520,700 

 establishments and 1,084,700 persons which I 

 inscribe in the following table under the head of 

 " No hired operatives." The table then appears 

 as follows : 



These figures speak for themselves and show 

 what an immense importance the small industry 



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