TERRA-COTTA, BRICK, ETC.

315

Annual Production , Vienna Brick and Tile Works.

YEAR.

Production—pieces.

Sold—pieces.

1869,.

134,674,930

122,117,000

1870,.

149,457,000

118,512,000

1871,.

147,549,375

167,418,328

1872,.

166,849,000

164,313,466

The production can easily be carried to 200,000,000 of bricks annually. These great results are accomplished by the use of labor-saving machinery and furnaces continuously working, on Hoffmann’s system, 33 of which are in use. Over one and one-third million hundred-weight of different kinds of brown coal and of coke are consumed yearly.

The receipts, expenditures, and profits are no less remark­able than the production, and are as follows :—

Profits for four years , in Austrian florins.

YEAR.

Receipts.

Expenditures.

Balance—profits.

1869.

2,946,548.15

1,917,914.22

1,028,633.93

1870.

3,608,467.87

2,558,795.61

1,049,672.26

1871 , ....

4 , 199 , 500.32

2 , 769 , 657.84

1 , 429 , 842.48

1872 , ....

5 , 256 , 335.85

3 , 119 , 327.90

2 , 137 , 007.95

The company divided per share in—

1869, florins 15, corresponding to annual interest of 15 per ct.

1870, “

15,

U

u

“ 12 1 per ct.

1871, “

20,

U

u

“ 16§ per ct.

1872, “

30,

u

u

“ 25 per ct.

In addition, funds, in—

there were

placed to the

credit of the reserve

1869,

, 76,870.98 florins.

1870,

*

»

90,572.34 “

00

#

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141,153.67 “

1872,

.

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259,358.34 “