Excerpt from The Annual Statistics of Manufactures, 1891 This volume is the sixth report on the Annual Statistics of Manufactures, issued in accordance with the provisions Of Chapter 174 of the Acts of 1886. The large number of returns received during the year enables comparisons to be made for the years 1891 and 1890 between establishments in all Of the industries considered, each Of which made returns in each of these years. This number of returns is much larger than ever before entered into con sideration in these annual reports. The number of returns compared in each year beginning with 1886, is as follows. 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.