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and for front brick $16.20, which compare with $5.67 and $13.48, 

 the respective averages for 1904. 



Hudson river region. The counties along the Hudson river are 

 the largest producers of building brick in the State. Owing to 

 the extensive market afforded by New York city and the low costs 

 of transport by river, the industry in this section is exceptionally 



Output of brick in the Hudson river region in 1904 



County 



Number 



of 

 plants 



Output 



Value 



Average 

 price 

 per M 



Albany . . . 



8 

 4 

 17 

 4 

 Q 



i 



21 

 7 



78 500 000 



73 280 000 

 167 319 000 



38 051 000 

 121 803 000 



17 232 000 

 239 813 000 

 219 106 000 



54 734 000 



$462 973 

 420 500 

 932 907 

 232 924 

 690 064 



85 964 



I 422 436 



I 274 284 



324 045 



$5 90 

 5 74 



5 58 



6 12 



Columbia . 



Dutchess 



Greene 



Orange . 



5 67 



4 98 



5 93 

 5 82 

 5 92 



Rensselaer. . 



Rockland ... 



Ulster.. 



Westchester. . . . 





Total 



no 



I 009 838 000 



$5 846 097 



$5 79 





Output of brick in the Hudson river region in 1905 



County 



Number 



of 

 plants 



Output 



Value 



Average 

 price 

 per M 



Albany 



Columbia 



8 



5 

 17 



7 

 12 



8 

 31 

 23 



8 



66 500 000 



84 750 000 

 181 683 000 



55 719 000 

 160 530 000 



25 250 000 

 302 625 000 

 265 368 000 



76 893 000 



S439 238 



520 500 



I 258 937 



377 470 



1 on 006 

 133 350 



2 144 210 

 I 776 035 



530 465 



$6 61 

 6 09 



6 93 

 6 77 



Dutchess 



Greene 



Orange 



6 67 



Rensselaer 



5 28 



Rockland 



7 08 



Ulster 



6 69 

 6 90 



Westchester 





Total 



119 



I 219 318 000 



$8 191 211 



$6 54 



situated so far as commercial conditions are concerned. There is 

 probably no other region in the world where the manufacture of 

 brick has attained to similar proportions. The counties included 

 in this region are Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, Greene, Ulster, 

 Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and Westchester. With the excep- 



