EUROPE: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



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Practically, all the paper is machine made. 



With but few exceptions, the processes are modern. The meth- 

 ods are improving, and the production is likely to increase. 



The Leykam-Josefsthal Paper Company operates in this consular 

 district five different pulp mills, with a total water power of about 

 2,000 horsepower and some twenty machines. There are, besides, a 

 number of smaller pulp mills in the district operated by other 

 concerns. 



IMPORTS. 



The principal kinds of paper imported are handmade paper from 

 Italy; cigarette paper from France, fancy and colored paper from Ger- 

 many, and fine writing paper from England. 



The following tables will show from which countries the princi- 

 pal classes of paper and paper ware were imported in 1896 (the last 

 year for which official statistics are available) : 



pounds. 



