K'l:l.I;N SUPPLY 



PAPER 



largely imported from Europe " (Fin. and Comm. Stat. Br. lnd. t 1906, 

 lix.). 



Trade. internal. The total transactions by rail and river in paper Trade. 



and pasteboard amount.'.! n- 1906-7 to 467,366 cwt. The chief exporting intmL 

 (litres were the Province of Bengal, 214,137 cwt. ; Bombay sea-port, 

 87,116 cwt. ; Calcutta, 61,121 cwt. ; Madras porta, 31,530 owt. ; 

 I'nited I'IOMIK.S. uu, 109 cwt. The chief importing centres were Calcutta, 

 62 -wt. ; the Pan jab, 80,559 cwt. ; United Provinces, 40,630 cwt. ; 

 Bomi ,vt. ; Bengal, 21,936 cwt. By coast, the returns are 



uiven in rupee values. In 1906-7 the exports were valued at I: j - '.'., 76M 

 and the imports at Rs. 9 ,05, i.'.'t 7. Bengal exported paper to the value 

 of Rs. 11,56,510; while Madras imported to the value of Rs. 6,60,297, 

 Bombay, Rs. U. 09,866, and Burma, Rs. L'o. I'Jl. 



i.\u-rnai. The KxroKTs from India of manufactured paper amount Kxunwi 

 to little. For the period IWO-7 the total value of manufactured papers 

 of all sorts, including pasteboard, was as follows : 1900-1, Rs. 78,227 ; 

 luol L'. Rs. 53,658; 1902-3, Rs. 42,903 ; 1903-4, Rs. 26,781 ; 1904-5, 

 Ks. L'8,350; 1905-6, Rs. 13,703 ; 1906-7, Rs. 6,607. In 1906-7 the 

 total was made up thus : printing paper, Rs. 5,883 ; writing paper and 

 envelopes, Rs. 167 ; other kinds, Rs. 507 ; pasteboard, Rs. 50. Almost 

 the whole of the printing paper, writing paper and pasteboard go from 

 Bengal, and ordinarily of other sorts also, but in 1904-5 Bombay supplied 

 the largest share of writing paper. During the same period the export 

 of rags and other materials for paper manufacture showed the following 

 returns : 1900-1, 21,683 cwt., valued at Rs. 70,833 ; 1901-2, 26,321 cwt.\ 

 valued at Rs. 67,840 ; 1902-3, 13,431 cwt., valued at Rs. 46,490 ; 1903-4. 

 9,077 cwt., valued at Rs. 34,705 ; 1904-5, 10,248 cwt., valued at Rs. 29,543 ; 

 1905-6, 19,831 cwt., valued at Rs. 83,870 ; and 1906-7, 12,581 cwt., valued 

 at Rs. 67,412. India also re-exports quantities of manufactured paper, 

 and in 1906-7 these were valued at Rs.76,614. 



The IMPORTS of paper, on the other hand, are large, and in late Importa. 

 years show a slight increase. For the period 1900-7 they were valued 

 as follows : 1900-1, Rs. 45,29,996 ; 1901-2, Rs. 52,71,634 ; 19o 

 Rs. 52,48,058 ; 1903-4, Rs. 52,18,396 ; 1904-5, Rs. 64,37,288 ; 1905-6, 

 Rs. 70,48,978; and in 1906-7, Rs. 80,11,105. In 1906-7 the total was 

 made up thus : printing paper, Rs. 28,33,632 ; writing paper and en- 

 velopes, Rs. 22,66,714 ; other kinds of paper, Rs. 25,75,366 ; paste- 

 board, Rs. 3,35,393. The largest quantities come from the Unitod King- 

 dom, and in 1906-7 these were valued at Rs. 44,06,312 ; from Germany, 

 Rs. 15,82,445 ; Austria-Hungary, Rs. 7,04,525 ; and Belgium, Rs. 6,66,638. 

 In the same year the imports of rags and paper materials were valued at 

 Rs. 86,173. 



As showing the value of esparto grass as a paper- making material, 

 it may be mentioned that Messrs. Ide & Christie, in their monthly circular 

 of September 16, 1907, show that for the years ending August the im- 

 ports received by Great Britain of that grass were in 1905, 198,508 tons ; 

 in 1906, 186,242 tons ; and in 1907, 192,809 tons. Needless to say, India 

 imports no esparto. The British supply is mainly Spanish, Algerian, 

 Tunisian and Tripoli, and the prices shown range from 3 2s. 6d. to 

 5 2s. Qd. per ton. 



Paper Materials. As already set forth, the chief considerations in Materials. 

 the selection of paper materials are cost at the mill and constancy <>( 



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