PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The water rates on wood pulp from Trieste to the various Italian, 

 French, and German ports are as follows: 



Per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds): To Ancona, i franc (19.3 

 cents); to Naples, 2.50 francs (47 cents); to Genoa, 2.50 francs 

 (47 cents) ; to Marseilles, 3 francs (58 cents). 



Per 1,000 kilograms (2,244.6 pounds) : To Hamburg, 155. ($3.65); 

 to Bremen, 17/^8. ($4.26). 



Special rates are often obtained for large shipments to Italian 

 ports.' 



(6) The following table gives the rates on paper (without distinc- 

 tion) for the various ports to which this commodity is exported: 



As a rule, all Mediterranean, ports are reached in from two to 

 seven days; Hamburg, Bremen, and Liverpool, in from nine to 

 twelve days; India, in twenty days; and China and Japan, in from 

 twenty-five to thirty days. 



FREDK. W.'HOSSFELD, 



TRIESTE, April 13, 1899. Consul. 



