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356 numismatics, has various auxiliary collections in the founder s former residence. The Dutch society of industry, founded in 1777, is still active and flourishing, with branches estab lished all over the country. In 1871 it instituted a colonial museum, which along with the royal museum of modern art is accommodated in the pavilion formerly the residence of an Amsterdam banker, Hope, and acquired for the crown by King Louis Napoleon. The colonial museum presents a complete survey of the manifold products of the Dutch possessions in the East Indian Archipelago, and the royal museum has a collection of 250 pictures. Among the benevolent institutions of the city it is enough to mention the hospital for old men founded in 1608, and the beautiful Teyler s Hospital. The staple industries of Haarlem have been greatly modified in the course of time. Under the counts of Holland cloth-weaving and brewing were in a very thriving condition ; but under Charles V, they lost enormously in importance. While 2UOO pieces of cloth had been manu factured annually in the, 800 or 900 was the number for 1515; and the breweries diminished from 120 in to 95 in, and by were no more than 77. After the revocation of the edict of Nantes, silk, lace, aril damask-weaving were introduced by French refugees, and in course of time these industries gave employ ment to 10,000 of the population. About the close of the 18th century this remarkable prosperity was a thing of the past ; and it was not till after the Belgian revolution that Haarlem bsgm to turn its attention to the various depart ments of manufacture in which it is now engaged, Cotton factories, carriage-works, bleach-works, cotton and silk dye-works, a famous type-foundry, oil-works, soap-works, breweries, and a factory for preserved meats are among the more important establishments. The extensive workshops of the Dutch railway company are also of value to the town. One of the printing establishments has the reputation of being the oldest in the Netherlands, and publishes the oldest Dutch paper, De Oprayte Haarlemmer Conrant. As market gardening, especially in the flower department, is largely carried on in the immediate vicinity, Haarlem is the seat of a flourishing trade in &quot;Dutch roots,&quot; especially in hya cinths, tulips, fritillaries, spiraeas, and japonicas. A con siderable business is also done in the butter, cheese, and other agricultural produce from the surrounding country. Though the population of Haarlem has been steadily increasing since the beginning of the present century, it has not become so great as it was in the 17th. In 1570 the total was 20,772 souls, of whom 1836 were Dutchmen capable of bearing arms, 1215 Englishmen and Frenchmen, 1856 Germans, and 15,865 women and children. By 1622 it had increased to 39,455. A rapid decline took place in the 18th century ; from 26,281 in 1748 the number sank to 21,227 in 1796, and by 1815 it was not more than 17,432. Seven years later we find 18,453 inhabitants, 21,667 in 1830, 24,012 in 1810, 25,852 in 1850, and 27,534 in 1860. The year 1874 showed 32,758, and three years later the number was no less than 35,692. In 1869 -1870 there were 14,471 members of the Dutch Reformed Communion, 11,574 Roman Catholics, and 565 Jews.

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