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£5*1 per ton to £5*6 per ton. The detailed table of 

 Group V. is given on p. 194. Russia exhibits a curious 

 fluctuation in her imports under this group. An 

 almost total absence of cargoes during the first two 

 months of the war is succeeded by a considerable 

 increase over the previous year's totals for October 

 and November, followed by a decrease in December 

 and January, resulting in a total drop of £42,000 

 worth of imports. Sweden, in spite of some fluctua- 

 tions, shows a decided increase of imports for the period 

 from 219,000 tons to 254,000 tons, valued respectively 

 at £1,318,000 and £1,792,000, an increase of £1 per 

 ton in price. Norway has also secured a rise in price 

 for her imports of this material, although the bulk 

 imported is some 17,000 tons less than during the same 

 months in the previous year. The increase price, as 

 in the case of Sweden, amounts to £1 per ton. The 

 German imports ceased altogether after August, when 

 £3,500 worth was received. This meant a decrease 

 from the previous year of 20,500 tons. In November 

 and January of the war period Canada imported no 

 wood pulp to this country, and in December her 

 imports were smaller than those of the previous year. 

 During the first three months of the war the amount 

 of wood pulp sent to this country was much greater 

 than for the same period the previous year, with the 

 result that her imports of wood pulp for the six months' 

 war period rose from 41,000 tons in 1913 to 69,000 tons, 

 valued at £93,000 and £171,000. The increase in price 

 was only £'4, indicating that the chief rise in prices of 

 this commodity occurred during the second three 

 months of the war. From ** Other Countries " there 



