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HOLLAND. 

 AMSTERDAM. 



REPORT BY VICE CONSUL VINKB. 



MILLS AND MANUFACTURERS. 







There are in all forty-five manufactories engaged in the production of 

 carpets in the Netherlands. 



The following list gives the names of the manufacturers and their 

 business addresses : 



Smyrna carpets. Royal Carpet Manufactory, Deventer; Garjeaune 

 & Co., Amersfoort; W. Stevens, Kralingen ; Henkelsfeldt, Delft. 



Brussels and tapestry carpets. Q. de Wit & Co., Hilversum. 



Wool and hair carpet*. W. Andriessen, Nzn., Hilversum; D. An- 

 driessen, Nzn., H. Bylard & Co., J. Bylard, Bromver & van der Hey- 

 deu, W. Esman, J. Fokker, Hzn., J. S. Fokker, F. Ham, Gebrceders 

 van der Heyden, Gebroeders Jesbers, Firma Kuiper, J. Kreuning, G. 

 .Mulder, J. Reyn Azn, J. Reyn, Jzu., J. van Rhyn, J. C. Reyn, H. Reyu, 

 Jzu., N. Reyn, Zzn., A. van Rood, W. Reysberman, K. P. Vlaanderen & 

 Zoou, C. Vlaanderen, G. Veen, A. de Wit Wyn, Firma A. de Wit Ty- 

 men de Wit & Co., Hilversmusche Wevery, of Hilversum; L. van Wyn- 

 gaarden & Co., Rhenen ; Huberts & Co., Deventer; Firma Trins, Dinx- 

 perlo; Hamers & van Beck, Amersfoort; Firma van den Brink, Lareu, 

 Xoord Holland; Firma van Leer, Amersfoort; Willemans & Co., Delfs- 

 haven; Gildemeester & Co., Breda; J. A. Kruisbriuk, Amsterdam. 



DUMBER OF LOOMS. 



The total number of looms is 925, of which 15 only are power looms. 

 The number of looms in each factory varies from 5 to 60. 



GRADES OF CARPETS PRODUCED. 



There are 40 factories, principally situated in the district of Hilver- 

 sum, near Amsterdam, engaged in the production of the lower grade, 

 cheap wool or hair carpets. 



Four factories, in differents parts of the country, produce imitation 

 Smyrna and Persian carpets ; and one factory at Hilversum produces 

 Brussels and tapestry. 



WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR. 



The total number of persons employed in the carpet industry is about 

 2,300; nearly all men and boys. They work ten to eleven hours per 

 working-day, and their wages amount to 10 to 11 florins per week for 



