76 MANUFACTUKES OF RUSSIA. 



Having brietly described the paper aud cardboard manufactories, the wall paper 

 trade, which is more or less centred in the governments ot Poland, St. Petersburg- 

 aud Moscow, may be next considered. 



In the government of St-Petersburg there are six mills occupied in manufac- 

 turing wall paper; their motive power is derived from 5 steam boilers and 5 steam 

 engines producing 48 horse power. Their yearly production has a value of 708,000 

 roubles, and thej' employ 417 hands. The principal mills are that of by Camuset & 

 Co., established in 1841, and which has one 10 horse power steam engine and manu- 

 factures 435.000 pieces costing 104,000 roubles, 100 men being regularly employed ; 

 and that of the Oukonine Wall-paper Manufacturing Co., at Tsarskoe Selo, acquired from 

 the government in 1858, driven by one 12 horse power engine, yearly production 

 being valued at 145,000 roubles, with 111 hands. 



Nine mills in the government of Moscow have altogether 4 steam boilers and 

 3 steam engines with 71 total horse power ; their united yearly production is valued 

 at about 494,000 roubles, there being 557 men engaged in the trade. The largest 

 factory belongs to Mr. Krotov, founded in 1868; it is driven by one 16 horse engine 

 and manufactures 10,000 pieces per day, the yearly production reaches 240,000 roubles 

 aud 200 hands are employed. 



In Poland there are three mills carrying on the manufacture of wall-papers to 

 the yearly value of 178,000 roubles and giving work to 94 men; their plant includes 

 2 steam boilers and two 20 horse power steam engines. There are also many facto- 

 ries where the manufacture of divers objects made of paper is carried on, but they 

 are principally situated in the governments of Moscow and St.-Petersburg. In the 

 former district there are 16 of these mills, one of which possesses a steam boiler and 

 one 8 horse power steam engine. The total yearly production of these mills is 

 862,000 roubles and 2,611 men are engaged therein. The largest mill belongs to 

 Mr. A. Victorson and was established in 1873; it manufactures 350 million cigarette 

 tubes worth 120,000 roubles, and employs only 15 men. 



In the government of St.-Petersburg there are 17 of these factories, having 

 altogether 5 steam boilers and 4 steam engines yielding 65 horse power; they employ 

 1,477 hands and their yearly production is valued at 772,000 roubles. The largest 

 of these mills is owned by the Foundling Hospital and Institute, under the patronage 

 of the Imperial Family. This establishment possesses the exclusive privilege of man- 

 ufacturing playing cards, all the profits being devoted to the education of destitute 

 orphan children. The mill is driven by two 55 horse power steam engines and the 

 plant comprises 15 platen printing presses and 11 glasing rolls. The j^early produc- 

 tion is 400,000 dozen packs of playing cards valued at 1,680,000 roubles, and em- 

 ploying 314 men. The balance sheets of this establishment quote the working ex- 

 penses at 374,000 roubles per annum. 



I .Al P R T OF PAPER. 



In spite of the development of the Russian paper-making trade, it is not yet 

 in a position to supply the home demand as the import of foreign paper still con- 

 tinues to increase. From 1870 to 1880 the importation of paper has increased from 



