The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-02
STATISTICS OF MARYLAND.

bushels.
Tobacco, 2l,9I6,O12 lbs.
( Hay, I10,s16 tons
Hemp, 117i tons.
Potatoes, I,05s,90 bushels.
| The largest quantity of tobacco raised during
the year is in Prince Georges county--the an
nual product there is given at 9,269, 423 lbs
The next highest is Calvert county, which fur
nishes s,6s9,695 lbs. The product of Charles
county is 1926, 81 lbs, and of Anne Arundle,
l,12l ,666 lbs The returns for Baltimore coun-
ty is 9,417 lbs. The largest product of potatoes
is in Baltimore county-1s3, 456 bushels. Ere
derrick county comes next, giving 1928 BUSH
els. The number of Mills in the State is as fol-
lows:
FIGURING Mills, 2i2
Grist Mills, ABB
Saw Mills 423
Oil Mills, 9
The number of barrels of -four made in the
Touring mills, is 46O,22 The value of the pro-
duct of the above mills, is S2,034, 410. The
number of men employed 75O-and the capital in
vested S1,026,99I.
LIVE STOCK.
Horses and mules, 94,054
Neat Cattle, 2Ss,S27
Sheep, 262,SO7
Swine, 419,520
Estimated value of poultry of all kinds, sSlS,-
243. This return of live stocks includes but two
wards of the city of Baltimore; the 10th and 18th.
In these, there are $40 horses; 1S4 neat Cattle;
1875 Sheep, and 765 Swine.
There are 81 Cotton Factories i'll the State.
Twelve of these are in Baltimore County. The
number of spindles in all, is Al 100 The value
of Manufactures S2,34s, $50; the number of per-
sons employed 1921, and the Capital invested
81, 1924, 400
The Woollen Factories number 30; and the
featured is 1892 300; the number of persons en-
ploycd 37s; and the capital invested $3.50, 2sO.
IRON.
Number of Furnaces, II
Tons of cast iron produced, S,S75
Number of Blowers, FORCES, and
Rolling Mills, Is
Tons of bar iron produced, 1890
Tons of fuel consumed, 22,492
Miners sc. employed, 1,712
Capital invested, $795,0SO
LEATHER AND TANNERIEs.
Number of Tanneries, 159
Sides of Sole Leather tanned, 1895
Sides of Upper do do 29l,o67
Capital invested s7O2,655
OF these tanneries, - are ia Baltimore city,
and their annual product is, SO, 500 sides Of sole
leather, and 146, 500 sidesof Upper leather. In
Frederick County there are 40 tanneries, produ-
cling $50 sides of sole, and II 440 sides Of Up
per leather. Baltimore city has invested in tan
neries 81 80 ,SO0 and Frederick County, S257 $40
IL this statement be correct, the capital invested
in this city, in tanneries, is doubly productive,
compared with that invested in Frederick Coun-
V.
WAGONS AND CARRIAGES.
Value, ssS,s7s
Men employed, 6S7
Capital invested, s154,325
The number of Potteries is %. The value Of
their manufactures s61 ,240; the number of men
employed 90; and the capital invested 1920
Eight of these are located in Baltimore city.
The value of Drugs, Medicines, Paints and
DYES, manufactured in the State, is Ss0,050
The number of men employed So; and the Capi.
tai invested SS5, 100. Baltimore city manufac-
lures of these to amount of SGT, 800; employs AZ
men, and invests $4,000.
SOAP AND CANDLES
Bis. of soap manufactured, 1,s57,4l6
Tallow candles, do 722, 1886
Men EMPLOYED. SO
Capital invested, $500
OF the soap manufactured, Baltimore city fur
nishes IT'S, oo5 lbs, and of candles 647 oOo ana
invests S94, 700. Besides these, there are man.
ufactured in the city $4,000 of sperm and Wax
: Candles.
t DISTILLED AND FERMENTrD Liquors
Number of Distilleries, 10
5 Gallons produced, 342,sIs
:, Number of Breweries, IL
? Gallons produced, 529,640
Men employed, 1893
Capital invested, 194,29O
Three of these distilleries are in Baltimore
city, and yield during the year 100000 gallons
Of ardent spirits, nearly onethird of the whole
aunber of gallons produced in the State
THE JEWS.
In another column will be found the Imperial
Firman of the Sultan, in favor of the Jews o.
Turkey and Syria. This presents an interesting
position of things. From being among theil
most bitter prosecutors and oppressors, the fol-
lowers of the Prophet have became protectors
of the remnant of d. Hebrew nation still linger-
ing around the home of their fathers, and the
cherished scenes of their former glory. The
change has taken place mainly through the mis-