TABLE IV.- STATISTICS OF BUILDING OPERATIONS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES. (a) New York City: October, November and December, 1911 and 1912.

Total..

$7,206, 214 442 387 511 484 8,447,947 1,728 1,712 1,894 4,014 26,914,659 789 879 940 1,070 6,379,174 1,318 1,602 1,380 1,762 597,696 259 305 357 287

5,170 6,525 $41,508,186 $49,545,690 4,536 4,885, 5,082 7,617

a Includes fire-proof factory to cost $100,000 and fire-proof store building to cost $140,000.

Table VI. Number of Children's Employment Certificates Issued by Boards of Health in First and Second Class Cities.

* Includes "mercantile " as well as "manufacturing "certificates.