REPORT OF MR. KNIGHT.
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ufacture ; and the inspection of a great variety of machinery that was exhibited for preparation, spinning, weaving, braiding, dyeing, printing, ornamenting and finishing.
This work has been done with more or less thoroughness, and reports of much interest and value have been or will be made by commissioners and others. A series of valuable articles on the textile industry at Vienna, have already been published in an English journal that is seen by many artisans, manufacturers and scientists in this country. The official catalogues of several countries contain important information relative to their various industries.
It is believed that textile industry alone was represented at Vienna by nearly ten thousand exhibitors, if we include the exhibits of fibres, apparatus and machinery ; but without including these, the number, as shown by the catalogues, was—
Eor Austria and Hungary, Germany,
Erance,
Switzerland,
England,
Italy, .
Turkey,
Greece,
Russia,
Tunis,
Belgium,
Sweden,
Denmark,
about 2,500
“ 1,100
“ 750
“ 400
“ 300
“ 300
“ 300
“ 225
“ 200
“ 175
“ 150
“ 50
“ 75
Exhibits from various other countries, including the United States, would make up a total of at least 8,000 exhibitors of textile fabrics and clothing.
These figures indicate the extent of this branch of the Vienna Exhibition; but its magnitude will be better appreciated when it is stated that, in many instances, a single exhibitor displayed a great variety, as well as a large quantity of goods. This was especially noticeable in the Austrian sections. The exhibits of that country alone, in eleven sec- tl ons, constituted an immense exhibition.