Excerpt from Annual Report on the Statistics of Manufactures, 1900 To the Honorable Senate and House or Representatives: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, the Animal Statistics of Manufactures for the year 1899, which have been collected and are presented in compliance with Chapter 174, Acts of 1886. The direct charge of the Special Agents and clerical force in the Division of Manufactures of this Department, wherein this report is prepared, is entrusted to Mr. Frank H. Drown, Second Clerk of the Bureau, and I wish to record my appreciation of the faithful and painstaking manner in which he has performed the duties devolving upon him. Mr. Charles F. Pidgin, First Clerk, as in previous years is entitled to acknowledgment for his assistance in the general executive work of the Bureau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.