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At the time when the foregoing account was taken, the number of spindles in three manufacturing establishments, in the department of Durango, were not included; for no definite information had been supplied respecting them. They may be calculated, however, at about 4,000, which, added to the 131,280, will give a grand total of 135,000 at least. The number of looms, also, in the republic is not presented, because data have been furnished only in relation to those moved by machinery. A considerable number of hand-looms are in constant occupation throughout the republic.