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 306 NEW JERSEY of 1870 was 6,636, using 984 steam engines of 32,307 horse power, and 1,132 water wheels of 25,832 horse power, and employing 75,552 hands, of whom 58,115 were males above 16, 11,198 females above 15, and 6,239 youth. The capital invested in manufactures was $79,- 606,719; wages paid, $32,648,409; value of materials, $103,415,245; of products, $169,- 237,732. The statistics of the leading indus- tries were as follows : INDUSTRIES. No. of establish- ments. Steam engines, horse power. Water wheels, hone power. Number of hands. Capital. Wages paid. Value of materials. Value of products.. 12 800 220 285 $281,450 $113,875 $4,572,429 $4,889,695 579 20 8,090 1,037,405 1,250,720 1,594,905 3,639,076 Bread, crackers, and other bakery products Brick 138 118 55 1,119 .... 550 2,366 357,500 1,886,560 196,645 679,157 900,922 483,965 1,377,386 1,695,530 570 257 10 8,748 1,488,992 2,033,862 4,443,001 8,105,125 267 5 25 1,830 1,286,150 838,563 787,868 2,281,648 204 30 2,455 1,061,850 704,789 1,965,350 3,269,825 14 1,175 840 2,249 1,550,000 629,171 1,266,702 2,326,167 14 683 422 1,373 1,217,500 387,530 731,932 1,739,061 Flouring and grist mill products Glass stained 48G 2 1,520 38 11,103 1,310 27 4,446,400 72,000 846.288 22,061 10,684,642 28,527 12,593,148 65,900 8 125 1,627 1,277,000 657,811 579,913 1,564,12? 11 248 1,116 1,164,500 467.633 637,763 1,241,599 49 442 43 1,163 957,700 605,852 519,692 1,457,135 81 136 22 612 848,200 824,365 206,783 725,260 64 56 2735 550,100 1,414,004 2 469,179 5 007 270 India-rubber and elastic goods 12 936 80 807 1,034.200 846,688 1,284,967 2,224,839 21 2,625 817 2,032 2,123,097 1,249,930 8,430,850 5,297,893 " nails and spikes, cut and wrought. . . 6 3 923 155 295 '534 278 537,839 896 595 256,675 131,700 1,480,850 501 712 1,769,812 722000 6 1,100 250 360 1,405,000 241,611 1,125,261 1,546,965 85 1,137 1,054 2039 2,376,541 1,146,689 2,105 884 8,897 805 Jewelry, not specified 39 239 1,502 1,844,900 942,081 1,622,291 8,815,679 Leather tanned 67 385 110 617 1,273,887 847,760 2,444,205 8,110,657 " curried. ... 61 43 20 279 658,600 220,814 2444.170 2 932 401 " morocco, tanned and curried " patent and enamelled 5 15 2 266 "20 117 285 199,500 548,000 82,500 188,465 828,635 2,812,956 525,949 2,733,941 Liquors distilled 56 149 89 153 187.930 16,887 167 860 454,784 " malt 46 536 5 528 2 942 300 829,139 1 659 118 3 219 484 15 425 60 166 299 100 82,030 414034 585 452 " sawed 285 1318 4655 1145 2 233,900 869,835 1,612 802 2,745 817 Machinery, not specified 64 591 230 1 160 2 546 500 640842 794466 1 772 842 " cotton and woollen 13 115 146 433 410,000 218,374 270,898 556,037 " railroad repairing 9 485 100 2978 2 887,300 1,982,316 1 878 870 6528,167 " steam engines and boilers Molasses and sugar, refined 16 8 246 517 10 583 404 823,500 645,000 849,971 272,000 458,085 10,046,744 961,577 11,199,740 Paints, lead and zinc 8 867 25 395 1,395,000 229,930 722 804 1 208 082 Printing cotton and woollen goods 5 600 280 789 1024400 868 629 4,359653 5 005 997 Saddlery and harness 170 25 1 213 694 610 460 716 859 880 1 782805 Sash, doors, and blinds 79 1,245 51 1 210 1,246700 682 585 1 049 425 2,160,795 Silk goods not specified 15 182 144 1 652 1 259 000 404609 1 327 258 2 212 394 " sewin" and twist 15 243 106 1 188 919 500 232 227 1 857 917 2815270 Soap and candles 21 195 395 1,170 700 184,884 1 281 820 1,606,234 Steel, cast 4 940 40 293 500 000 190 000 578 310 1 401 773 " springs 6 155 158 287 600 88697 251 481 446 109 Stone and earthen ware 80 394 10 1206 1,175,800 448,025 372,668 1,106,985 Tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware 143 18 759 738 196 848563 878885 1 667 020 Trunks, valises, and satchels 13 251 1 350 757400 771150 1 575 805 8 798 000 Woollen goods. . . . 27 627 461 1.090 1.169.200 334.442 1.209.316 1.896.S25 The mining interests of New Jersey are impor- tant. The number of establishments in 1870 was 49; capital, $2,501,700; annual produc- tions, $2,554,475, including iron ore valued at $2,025,497, slate $17,338, stone $411,640, and zinc $100,000. The products of mines, quarries, and clay banks in 1873 were valued at $5,000,- 000. The fisheries in the neighboring waters are a source of great profit, only five other states exceeding it in this respect according to the census of 1870. There were 947 hands and $231,231 employee!, and the total value of pro- ducts was $374,912, including oysters valued at $152,350. New Jersey is divided into six cus- toms districts, of which the ports of entry are Newark, Perth Amboy, Tnckerton (district of Little Egg Harbor), Great Egg Harbor, Bridge- ton, and Lamberton (district of Burlington). The direct foreign trade is carried on chiefly at Newark, where during the year ending June 30, 1874, the imports amounted to $10,403 and the domestic exports to $8,387, and Perth Am- boy, where the imports were $35,458 and the exports $5,747. A portion of the northern part of the state is in the district of New York, and much of the foreign trade passes through Philadelphia. The movement of vessels in the coastwise trade, and the number registered, enrolled, and licensed, were as follows : DISTRICTS. ENTERED. CLEARED. REGISTERED, &C. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. Newark Perth Amboy Little Egg Harbor. Great Egg Harbor. Bridgeton. 53 57 '9 18.158 11,572 46 84 11.537 7,733 187 892 67 181 885 62 12,059 35,407 6.224 15,397 17,843 7,752 1,504 2 269 1 94 Total 120 26,323 82 19,544 1,124 94,689