harness, 19 ; sash, and doors, 9 ; scales and balances, 1 ; ship building, 9; shirts, 5; silk and silk goods, 8 ; slaughtering and packing, 2 ; soap and candles, 2 ; spectacles and eye-glasses, 1 ; sugar and molasses refinery, 1 ; tinware, copperware and sheet-iron ware,

23 ; tobaccO) cigars and cigarettes, 13 ; wire, 1 ; wool hats, 3.

Among the liiost important industries is that of foundry aiid machine-shop products in which the capital invested is $1,067,400. It is represented by

24 establishments, and gives employment to 2190 men whose average wages, however, are only ;?244.83. The material used amounts to $1,130,382, and the products to $2,814,036i The margin of profits is $647,464.

The manufacture of carpets is one of the best paying industries. A single establishmeut, with a capital of $800,000 (the largest invested by any one firm), manufactures $2,646,946 worth of goods, using $1,313,634 of material, and paying $600,000 wages to 1606 hands-^an average of $378.66 per hand. This establishment employs the largest number of women --1000, 506 men and 100 children.

The highest average of wages is paid by the eyeglasses and spectacle manufacturers, $525.77 ; they employ 90 men, 6 w^omen and 1 child. The printers and publishers payj on an average $495 per hand ; the scales and balances manufacturer.-*, $487.50, and the ship-builders a little over $500 ; but these industries employ only men and these in limited number.

The worst paid bread-winners are the shirt makers. The five firms engaged in this business give employment to 15 men, 477 women and 4 children, at average wages of $142.23. Total amount of wages $70,550 ; material used, .$335,600; gross receipts, $477,750. Profit margin, $71,600, on a working capital of $49,000.