Excerpt from Commentaries on the Productive Forces of Russia, Vol. 2 of 3 In France we have just estimated the product of the woollen manufacture at 500 millions of francs 125 millions of roubles. Deducting the value of the experts, which, during the years 1848 - 50, averaged 122 millions of francs, or millions of roubles, there remains for home consumption a value of millions of roubles, being, for a population of 353} millions, 2 roub. 66 kop. Per head. In England the consumption of wool amounts, according to our estimate, to poods. Reckoning the value of the fabrics at 30 roubles per pood of wool, we obtain a sum of roubles. Deducting the excess of exportation, which during the same period represented an average value of roubles, there remains for home consumption a value of roubles, being, for a population of 26, 'ir millions, 6 roub. 20 kop. Per head. 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.