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18 EXPOSITION AT VIENNA.
Second. A similar table relating solely to the Massachusetts exhibits.
Third. A table showing the contributions of the several states of the Union to each of the groups.
Fourth. The diplomas or medals awarded in each of the groups to the exhibits of the several states ; and
Fifth. A table of thirty-two of the leading industries of Massachusetts reported in the last United States census, showing the number of establishments engaged in each and the total value of their annual production, with the number of exhibits contributed by them to the Exposition.
The last table reveals with sufficient distinctness the utterly imperfect character of the Massachusetts contributions, if they were intended in any way to reflect the industrial development of the State. Of the 3,926 establishments reported to the census as engaged in these thirty-two forms of production, but thirty-seven were represented. Seventeen of these thirty-seven contributions were in the single group of machinery. Twenty of the thirty-seven industries enumerated were wholly unrepresented. Among those thus conspicuous for their absence were the manufactures of cars, of agricultural implements, of cutlery, of drugs and chemicals, of paper, of glass, of clothing, of prints, of plated ware, of straw work, of watches, of wire and worsted goods. Of the 1,123 establishments engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, three contributed. One solitary contributor only, represented our annual production of $45,000,000 of cotton goods. Our famous edge-tools, our India-rubber goods, our musical instruments and our woodenware numbered also one contributor each. Our woollen goods had two.
Turning to the several groups, and excluding the educational department, in regard to which a special report will be made by Mr. Philbrick, the commissioner in charge, it will be seen that in eleven out of the twenty-five the State was wholly unrepresented. In this number wqye included all the departments of art, metallurgy, agriculture and horticulture ; stone, earthenware and glass ; all small wares and fancy goods ; paper and stationery ; civil engineering and architecture ; and interior household decoration and arrangement. In four of the fourteen groups in which it was represented at all, it had