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-Recent industrial growth in Italy is remarkable: statistics of spindles since 1870 are as follows, but the percentage of error is probably high:-- 1870 500,000 1888 900,000 1898 2,100,000 1909 4,000,000 The distribution of spindles is roughly as follows:-- Lombardy 1,850,000 Piedmont 1,000,000 Venetia 550,000 Campania 250,000 Liguria 250,000 Tuscany 100,000 The distribution of spindles and power-looms in the chief manufacturing towns in Italy is shown in the following table:-- +-------------+--------------++-------------+--------------+ | | Spindles. || | Spindles. | | Turin | 470,000 || Genoa | 210,000 | | Bergamo | 450,000 || Salerno | 150,000 | | Como | 250,000 || Brescia | 310,000 | | Milan | 660,000 || Naples | 100,000 | | Novara | 410,000 || Udine | 240,000 | +-------------+--------------++-------------+--------------+ | | Power-Looms. || | Power-Looms. | | Milan | 40,000 || Pisa | 2,500 | | Turin | 22,000 || Como | 6,000 | | Novara | 13,000 || Bergamo | 13,000 | | Genoa | 6,000 || Udine | 3,500 | +-------------+--------------++-------------+--------------+ The district between Milan and Lago Maggiore contains numerous villages devoted to the cotton industry. Many of the factories in the province of Bergamo are situated in the Valle Seriana, which is endowed with abundant water-power. In this district coarse and medium yarns and grey cloth are the chief products. In the province of Milan there are several small towns, notably Gallarate, Busto Arsizio and Monza, in which the manufacture of coloured and fancy goods is extensively carried on. The finest spinning in Italy is done in Turin. The coarsest spinning is done in Venetia. _The Netherlands._--In 1805 the cotton industry was reintroduced into the Netherlands from England in its factory form. Seventeen mules bearing 16,000 spindles are said to have been smuggled across the channel, while forty Englishmen were enticed over to work them, in spite of En
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