cents per day and of the women 35 cents. Upwards of 800,000 kilos of chocolate are manufactured annually, valued at $560,000. Liqueurs and confitures.-This industry can be said to equal almost that of any other in this department. Its products have a universal reputation, owing to the perfection attained in the manufacture of the liqueurs, and to the delicious fruit so thorougly ripened by the warm sun of this favored region. There are upwards of 50 houses engaged in this manufacture in this department, employing in ordinary times about 1,200 persons. In the autumn months this number is sometimes doubled. Average wages: women, 30 to 40 cents; men, 60 to 80 cents per day. Annual value of the products, $2,000,000. Tanneries.-Bordeaux possesses 5 tanneries, which give employment to 300 workmen. The value of their productions amounts to $800,000 per year. Bricks and tiles.-In the manufacture of bricks and tiles in this department about 2,000 men are engaged from the 1st of April to the end of September, receiving for this period from $70 to $110 and board. an ordinary season 100,000,000 bricks and tiles are made; the average value is, for tiles $6 per thousand, and for bricks $9 per thousand. Accompanying this report, in addition to the statements showing the rates of wages and food prices in Bordeaux, will be found tables showing the industries of the department of the Gironde and the value of their products. UNITED STATES CONSULATE, Bordeaux, July 17, 1878. B. GERRISH, Jr. Daily wages of the laboring class in Bordeaux-Continued. Shoemakers. Sik and felt hatters. Stovemakers Tilers, slaters, and thatchers. Vest and pantaloon makers. Watchmakers. Wheelwrights. Woodsawyers......... Weavers Wood and metal engravers THE PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES OF THE GIRONDE. By the census of the population in 1875, the number of persons living directly from the product of the divers industries of the department of the Gironde was 134,343 individuals; about one-fifth of the total population. Average price of bread, meat, eggs, and vegetables for the past five years in Bordeaux. Total. Wool-cleaning, stripping sheepskins from La Plata...... Wool-weaving Woolen carpets, manufacture of. Hemp and cotton weaving.. Hemp tissues... 10, 000, 000 800,000 1,620,000 3,000,000 Copper, brass, and zinc founderies..... Machinery, manufacture of.... ..... Workshops of the Midi Railroad Company. Brazier's ware, manufacture of. Machinery and implements for agricultural purposes.. Industries connected with architecture and public works: |