Excerpt from Monthly Review of Business Statistics, Vol. 12: January-December 1938Construction contracts awarded in the twelve months of 1937 amounted in estimated value to 000, exceeding the total of for 1936 by 38 p.c. Of this amount $111 million represented strictly building Operations, while the engineering group totalled $79 million. Residential and industrial construction showed increases of 31 p.c. And 126 p.c., respectively. A gain of 46 p.c. Was Shown in business buildings. The continued successful development of mineral resources resulted in a very rapid Sxpansion in building in communi ties adjacent to mining operations, accounting for considerable new building in those areas apart from actual mine expenditures.The value of building permits in 58 cities was $52 million in the first eleven months of 1937, against $38 million in the preceding year, a gain of 37 p.c. The index of wholesale prices of building materials on the base of 1936 equalling 100, advanced from 85-0 in 1936 to 94-8 in the year under review.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.