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MANUFACTURES OF KUSSIA. 



PERIOD. 



Number of 



MILLS. 



Yearly pro- 

 duction 

 ]n roubles. 



Number of 



HAKDS. 



Ivau the Terrible 

 Alexis Michailovicli 



Peter I 



1765 



1766 



1804 



1820 



1830 



1850 



1856 



1862 



1870 



1879 



1880 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1 

 2 



4 



13 



23 



61 



87 



104 



159 



161 



165 



137 



126 



136 



139 



134 



131 



140 



150,000 



3,225,000 



3,661,314 



5,682,172 



6,095,303 



9,568,000 



10,876,000 



13,677,000 



12,451,000 



14,217,000 



14,697,000 



12,280 



10,890 

 11,510 

 11,719 

 12,339 

 12,358 

 13,304 



are compelled to close their mills, while the production of the others, who have been 

 able to improve their mills, rapidly increases. In tracing the development of the 

 trade from 1862 to 1883 it is noticeable that the number of mills gradually decreased 

 from 165 to 181, but during the same period the production rose from 5,333,333 to 

 14,200,000 roubles. In general the progress of the paper-making trade was systematic, 

 even uninterrupted and comparatively rapid, thanks to the protective duties. 



The price of paper varies from 3 to 16 roubles per poud. At present the usual 

 prices are: wrapping paper, 3 roubles per poud; unbleached writing paper, 6.61 roubles; 

 the same half-bleached, 7.25 roubles; the same bleached, about 8.50; bleached and glazed, 

 about 9.25 roubles; the verge, 11 to 14 roubles. At these prices a duty of 3.95 roubles 

 in gold, or about 6 roubles paper money, is practically prohibitive for the medium 

 and lower qualities, so that the higher qualities alone are imported. 



The above data refer to paper mills producing various kinds of paper; the other 

 goods manufactured in special mills, and also their production, are enumerated in the 

 next table. 



