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respectively. Time: Fast freight, 10 days; slow freight, 20 days. 

 To England (900 miles), $1.60 and $1.10, respectively. Time: Fast 

 freight, 7 days; slow freight, n days. To Russia (1,500 miles), 

 $2.30 and $i, respectively. Time: Fast freight, n days; slow 

 freight, 28 days. To other European countries, rates and time ap- 

 proximate the foregoing for like distances. Service is daily in every 

 case. 



The freight rate on paper by rail is the same for all kinds. To 

 Vienna, per 100 kilograms, the rate is $i ; 10,000 kilograms, 59 cents 

 per 100 kilograms. To Prague the rate is 45 cents per TOO kilo- 

 grams; 10,000 kilograms, 28 cents per 100 kilograms. 



On exports of paper to foreign countries, the rates and time to 

 Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, and other parts of 

 Europe are essentially the same as those given for exports of wood 

 pulp. To Egypt the rate is $1.60 per TOO kilograms; 10,000 kilo- 

 grams, $1.42 per 100 kilograms; distance, 1,500 miles; time, iSdays; 

 frequency of service, weekly. To British India, $1.70 and $1.52, 

 respectively; distance, 5,000 miles; time, 50 days; service, biweekly. 

 To South America, $2.07 and $1.90, respectively; distance, 4,500 

 miles; time, 30 days; service, weekly. To the United States, $1^40 

 and 92 cents, respectively; distance, 4,000 miles; time, 12 to 14 

 days; service, triweekly, from various ports. The rate to the United 

 States is two-thirds by railway and one-third by water; to British 

 India and South America the rate is about equally divided between 

 land and water. 



The preceding rates of freight, time, and frequency of service 

 apply generally to shipments hither as well as hence. The trans- 

 portation 'indicated is all by rail, except to and from Great Britain, 

 Egypt, British India, and America, in which cases it is by regularly 

 scheduled steamers German ships from Hamburg and Bremen to 

 England and America and Austrian ships from Trieste to Egypt and 

 India. 



PROPOSED PAPER TRUST. 



For several months, a movement has been on foot, initiated by 

 the paper makers of this district, to unite all the paper factories 

 of the Empire into a trust. It is explained that this is necessary 

 because the factories have lately been operated at a loss. Production 

 and prices must be regulated to remedy this disastrous condition, 

 say those who are interested. It is proposed to organize a joint- 

 stock company with a capital of 50,000,000 florins ($20,000,000). 

 Most of the paper firms, it is said, are favorable to the combination, 

 but at latest advices no final action had been taken. 



FRANK W. MAHIN, 



REICH EN BERG, May 19^ 1899. Consul, 



