The  prices  of  clothing  exhibited  in  shop  windows  in  Elber-
feld and  Barmen  are  very  similar  to  our  prices  in  England.
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BERLIN.
lu  Berlin  a  number  of  the  deputation  visited  Borsig's
Engineering  ^^'orks,  where  6,000  workmen  are  employed.  They
were  able  to  witness  in  course  of  construction  engines  for  the
Indian  State  Railways.  Another  portion  of  the  deputation
visited  No.  171  State  school,  where  there  is  accommodation
for  1,400  scholars.  Boys  remain  at  school  until  the  age  of
fourteen  years,  and  then  are  compelled  by  the  State  to  attend
a  continuation  school  for  six  hours  per  week  until  attaining
the  age  of  seventeen.  It  is  also  compulsory  in  the  schools  for
girls  to  learn  knitting.
Teachers  serve  three  years  as  probationers,  after  this  period
receiving  appointments  and  pay  amounting  to  1,660  mark  per
year.
The  price  of  beef  in  Berlin  market  was  7d.  to  8d.  per  lb.,
pork  9d.,  bacon  lOd.,  tripe  3d.  Price  of  bread,  mixture  of  wheat
and  rye,  4|-lb.  loaf,  50  pfennig,  or  6d.  White  bread,  per  1-lb.
loaf,  20  pfennig,  or  under  2|d.
fThe  above  weig-hts  are  Grerman,  18  ozs.  to  1  lb.)


CHEMNITZ.
In  Chemnitz  (Saxony)  we  were  shown  over  the  works  of
Messrs.  Reinecker,  manufacturers  of  engineers'  tools  and
machines  of  precision.  The  manager  explained  to  us  the  working
of  diiferent  machines  and  gave  all  information  regarding
growth  of  works.  In  1895  there  were  200  workpeople  employed,
as  compared  with  2,000  now.  The  works  are  going  to  be  ex-
tended to  accommodate  1,000  more  hands.
The  men  here  commence  work  at  7  a.m.  and  finish  at  6  p.m.
