38 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



kilograms is placed on rags, the supply of these materials is practi- 

 cally unlimited. 



Paper machinery is manufactured in Austria, especially in Bo- 

 hemia; but the best machinery is imported from Germany and 

 Switzerland. 



The cost of male labor in the mills is from 1.50 to 3 florins (60 

 cents to $1.21); of female labor, from 50 kreutzers to i florin (20 to 

 40 cents) per day. All labor is reasonably efficient. 



I can find no reliable data as to the quantities and values of paper 

 produced annually. 



There are 10 paper mills in this consular district, with power and 

 output as follows: 



(1) Josefsthal branch of the Leykam-Josefsthal Paper Company 

 (main office at Graz; capital, 6,000,000 florins), at Josefsthal Carni- 

 ola; has 300 horsepower, water power as well as steam power, and 3 

 paper machines; manufactures from 7^ to 10 tons of writing paper 

 per day. 



(2) Janzia branch of the same company, at Janzia, Carniola; 

 uses also both water and steam power and produces about 3 tons of 

 writing paper per day. 



(3) Podgora branch, near Gorizia, has 3oo-horsepower water 

 power and 3 paper machines; produces daily from 7^ to 10 tons of 

 writing and printing paper. 



(4) Gortschach branch, near Laybach, with i5o-horsepower 

 water power and paper and cardboard machines; produces from 3 

 to 3^ tons of printing paper and cardboard daily. 



(5) Ratschacher Papier-Fabrik, near Steinbriick, Carniola; power 

 and output are not reported. 



(6) Kaltenbrunn branch, near Laybach ; with i5o-horsepower 

 water power; manufactures pulp, etc., for the company's other 

 branches. 



(7) Franz Lambrecht, Griinburg, Carinthia; uses both water 

 and steam power and manufactures writing, printing, and colored 

 paper. 



(8) Anton L. Moritsch, Villach, Carinthia, owns three different 

 mills in the province of Carinthia and produces writing and pack- 

 ing paper and pasteboard. 



(9) A. Ebner, Poitschbach, Carinthia; employs 90-horsepower 

 water power,. one i5-horsepower engine, one paper and two paste- 

 board machines; produces 900 tons of various kinds of paper per 

 annum. 



(10) Eduard Englander, Rechberg, Carinthia; has 2oo-horse- 

 power water power and one paper machine, and produces chiefly 

 packing paper. 



