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392 NEW YORK (CITY) INDUSTRIES. Furniture, not specified 295 chairs. 43 Gas Gas and lamp fixtures 16 Gold leaf and foil 13 Grease and tallow Hair work 69 Hardware 58 Hat materials Hats and caps 92 Heating apparatus Hoop skirts and corsets 26 India-rubber and elastic goods Iron, forged and rolled 6 " bolts, nuts, &c " nails and spikes, cut, &c 8 " railing, wrought 19 " pigs 1 " castings 54 Jewelry 198 Lead, pig " pipe 6 " shot 2 Leather, tanned 19 " curried " morocco, tanned, &c 12 Liquors, malt 60 Lumber, planed Machinery, not specified. 88 " engines and boilers 81 Malt 13 Marble and stone work Masonry, brick and stone 19 Millinery 89 Mineral and soda waters 84 Molasses and sugar, refined 10 Musical instruments, not specified 11 " organs 11 " " pianos 69 Oil, animal 5 Paints 14 Paper, printing 14 " other than printing 6 Patent medicines .. 84 Photographic material 2 Printing of cloths 8 Printing, not specified 14 " book. 15 " newspaper 28 " job 69 Saddlery and harness 98 Sash, doors, and blinds 35 Sewing machines 10 Ship building and repairing 46 Silk goods 6 Silver ware 12 Soap and candles 28 Starch 8 Straw goods 15 Tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware 186 Tobaccoand cigars 8 " other than cigars, and snuff . . . 18 " cigars 640 Type founding 11 Umbrellas and canes 28 Upholstery 45 Varnish 6 "Watch cases 88 Wire 1 " work 29 Wood work 79 No. of estab- lishments. No. of hands employed. 4,887 470 1,162 773 229 79 541 2,793 281 2,281 418 204 76 84 188 50 8,865 8,508 80 48 18 520 49 173 1,089 273 2,489 1,848 237 1,772 1,238 1,106 881 121 100 240 267 793 126 369 102 1,005 857 608 560 2,961 589 311 244 679 621 1,390 1,080 84 472 8,525 588 1,121 710 115 511 202 1,232 585 Value of materials. 408,515 1,666,915 441,642 117,100 2,638,710 294,044 455,070 1,058,758 2,435,951 510,412 1,265,784 937,105 47,194 82,231 258,000 8,062,091 3,851,297 916,350 7,520,990 1,125,965 676,122 451,152 4,908,279 998,500 1,778,200 1,839,750 1,613,277 1,800,860 440,888 21,814,337 74,020 146,190 1,499,876 868,555 1,253,250 1,804,300 142,600 1,807,100 120,500 749,600 2,610,250 1,909,766 499,567 870,999 629,450 850,650 454,480 351,950 1,500,000 857,890 1,017,824 171,200 1,913,785 568,218 772,160 716,263 1,287,400 796,000 402,000 710,789 584,099 Value of product*. $10,256,045 1,079,411 8,854,432 1,322,000 601,680 3,037,000 698,060 1,159,825 1,777,972 4,665,957 997,995 2,709,566 1,606,000 672,125 151,000 53,800 431,100 400,000 7,248,027 9,595,700 970,500 10,607,800 486,000 1,771,704 900,000 634,366 7,770,680 1,359,300 4,639,410 2,687,961 2,898,973 4,132.880 2,494,534 898,719 701,001 25,794,388 193,654 581,300 8,868,225 1,049,468 2,008,250 2,737,000 327,000 2,645,000 695.200 817,100 5,811,260 766,720 8,987,566 1,509,385 990,433 1,365,700 6,660,140 1,397,061 568,573 761,000 4,522,710 2,700,000 950,000 2,177,680 244,900 8,904,881 5,956,970 1,278,252 1,812,889 1,082,672 1,774,700 1,754,500 750,000 1,424,880 1,247,818 In the district annexed since the census there are some important establishments, the most noteworthy of which are the extensive brew- eries in Morrisania. The value of manufac- tures in 1860 was $159,107,369. Under the charter of 1873, the city is governed by a mayor and a board of 22 aldermen, with various boards of commissioners. It is di- vided into 24 wards and 557 election dis- tricts, forms the first judicial district of the state, and, with the exception of the 23d and 24th wards (which elect with Westchester co. until a new apportionment is made), sends 5 senators and 21 assemblymen to the state legislature, and 7 members to congress. The mayor is elected by the qualified voters for a term of two years, and receives an annual salary of $12,000. The aldermen are chosen annually, and receive a salary of $4,000 each, except the president of the board, who re- ceives $5,000. Six are elected by the voters of the city at large (no one being permitted to