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were directly employed. Probably five times that number de- 
pended on it for support. 
If to this we add a fair proportion for the materials used in the 
making of boats, spars, pumps and blocks, f 32,391 dollars; 
‘**  “ seythe-snaths, scythe-rifles, &e. ¢ 44,736 “« 
‘* “brushes, brooms and baskets, . A 289,512 « 
‘¢  * carriages, wagons, sleighs, har- 
ness, &c. . . - 2 679,442 * 
“machinery, . . . - J 1,285,390 “ 
‘¢ ploughs, . ; ; . - & 654561 « 
‘¢  “ saddles, trunks, and whips, . 2 351,575 « 
‘¢ — shovels, spades, forks and hoes, m 264,709 « 
making, in all, the sum of . . . 2,952,317 dollars ; 
giving employment to f. 53, g. 88, h. 350, 4. 945, 7. 1399, &. 73, 
i.. 758, m. 284,—3950 persons, and support, to doubtless, five 
times asmany. If the wooden materials be estimated at 1-10th 
part of the final value, we have . . 295,231 dollars 
to add to the . ; . . ; . 1,881,589 « 
found above; —_—- 
making, in all, the sum of . ,; . . 2,177,820 dollars 
besides the value of the proportion of wooden materials enter- 
ing into the building of ships. 
The effects of the wasteful destruction of the forest trees are 
already visible. A very large proportion of the materials for 
ship-building, house-building and manufactures, in the towns 
along the coast, are now brought from other States. The man- 
ufacture of wooden bowls and other vessels made of a single 
piece, has in some towns in Berkshire diminished, and in others 
been given up, from the failure of ashes, beeches, lmdens, and 
other suitable trees large enough for the purpose; and in the 
western towns of Worcester county, materials less valuable 
than heretofore are necessarily in some:cases used in the im- 
portant manufacture of chairs. The same thing is taking place, 
almost imperceptibly, in all parts of the State. Hvery mechanic, 
who works in wood, looks every year more and more out of the 
State for his materials. Every year we are more dependent on 
Maine and New York, and some of the southern States, not 
