Excerpt from The Annual Statistics of Manufactures, 1886, 1887 The present report, and also that for 1888, now in press for immediate issue, should be regarded as, to a certain extent, tentative, and preliminary to fuller statements hereafter. The collection of the data upon which they are based was rendered exceptionally difficult, and the number of the returns wasxiv statistics OF manufactures. [pub Doc. 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.