Excerpt from The Annual Statistics of Manufactures, 1902: Seventeenth Report The volume comprises two parts. Part I contains the Indus trial Chronology of the Commonwealth for the year ending September 30, 1902. Part II presents comparative statistics of our manufacturing industries for the years 1901 and 1902, covering the following subjects Establishments and their management; investment, materials used, and product; labor and its compensation; working time and proportion of business done general summary of industrial conditions and condensed general statements regarding the years 1901 and 1902. Since the passage of the law requiring annual statistics of manufactures, the collection of schedules, the correspondence connected therewith, and the tabulation of the returns have been under the general direction of Mr. Frank H. Drown, formerly Second Clerk, but now First Clerk of the Bureau, to Whom my thanks are due for his careful supervision of the executive work of 'the Department. During this time Miss Margaret Shea has been his assistant and, upon his promotion, his former duties devolved upon her. With long experience and a thorough knowledge of the details of the work, she has rendered the most efficient and satisfactory service and it is a duty as well as a pleasure to commend her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.