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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,

accurate, as far it extends, but it is known that in some towns in Massa-
chusetts the whole amount of their manufactures has not been stated hy
the assessors.

ARTICLES.

Value.

Hands employ’d
Males. jFemales.

Capital In-
vested.

Boots and Shoes,

$102,641

304

55

Leather,

228,000

50

$60,000

Hats,

194,673

95

68

Iron Castings,

372,000

289

665,000

Axes,

7,500

8

2,000

Glass,

48,000

77

47,000

Chairs and Cabinet Ware,

148,100

164

Combs,

41,000

25

16

121,000

Tin Ware,

112,032

116

Spirits,

926,856

19

Straw Bonnets,

182,450

438

Vessels, (average for 5 years,)

124,400

17

6,000

Axletrees,

10,000

6

Beer,

12,000

8

30,000

Soap and Candles,

93,000

29

125,000

Whale Oil,

135,000

16

100,000

Copper and Brass,

756,754

200

316,300

Organs and Piano-fortes,

302,700

220

163,500

Brushes,

93,000

79

59

38,000

Gold and Silver Leaf,

43,000

22

14

11,200

Carriages and Harnesses;

-ais^es-

298

82,200

Refined Sugar,

976,454

92

303,653

Silver Ware and Jewelry,

228,100

88

111,050

Chain Cables,

60,000

20

‘75,000

Umbrellas,

65,000

37

26

36,500

Saddles, Trunks and Whips,

177,000

120

17

83,000

Granite, Marble,^.c.

336,000

400

165,500

Machinery,

326,000

287

183,775

Blank Books and Stationary,

78,000

43

7

49,000

Gas,

100,000

40

375,000

Looking Glasses and Frames,

147,500

42

55,600

Lasts,

40,000

29

18,000

Neck Stocks, &c.

122,000

21

435

58,200

Types and Stereotypes,

157,000

185

30

140,000

Printed Books,

925,000

500

400

850,000

Clothing,

1,887,666

542

2402

769,094

Hard Ware,

40,000

29

18,000

Baskets, &c.

93,000

138

38,000

Totals,

$10,010,631

4,655

3,967

Fisheries.

The city of Boston is so limited, in regard to territory, as to be exclud-
ed, in a great measure, from participating in the fisheries. Much capi-
tal of tha.Bostonians is, however, invested, at the out ports, in this im-
portajR branch of the resources of the wealth of New England. During


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