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than carload lots (22,406 pounds) average 40 per cent higher. Rates 

 from Trieste to the principal inland markets are as follows, per 100 

 kilograms: 



The mode of transportation is all rail. 



(3) At present, rags are practically the only raw material used in 

 the manufacture of paper that Austria imports. In former years 

 some wood pulp was imported, but since 1896 the imports of this 

 article have amounted in value to only $12,000 or $15,000 a year. 

 Nearly all the rags imported by Austria-Hungary come from Ger- 

 many. The freight from Hamburg to Trieste is usually 155. ($3.65), 

 and from Bremen 17^5. ($4.26) per ton (2,204.6 pounds). No 

 through rates from the ports mentioned to the mills in this district 

 are quoted. 



The goods are consigned to forwarding agents at Trieste, who 

 attend to their transfer. 



The transfer charges range from 12 to 20 kreutzers (5 to 8 cents) 

 per TOO kilograms. The rates from this port to the mills have 

 already been given. 



(4) The freight rates on paper (without distinction) are as follows : 



The transportation is wholly by water. The carrying trade can 

 not be said to be controlled by any one nation. Great Britain, Ger- 

 many, and Austria share in it about evenly. 



(5) Owing to the fact that Austria-Hungary has placed an export 

 duty of 4 florins ($1.63) per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds) on rags, 

 the exports of this article are almost nil. Wood pulp is exported to 

 France, Germany, and Italy. 

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