EUROPE: BELGIUM. 



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The market prices vary according to quality, weight, cost of 

 manufacturing, and raw material, as, for example, ordinary Belgian 

 wall paper sells at from 2 to 15 cents per roll of 8 meters (8. 75 yards), 

 an excellent quality of embossed paper at 27 cents per roll, and best 

 leather-embossed paper as high as $5. 80 per roll; wrapping paper, at 

 77 cents per rll ; sandpaper, from $2.90 to $4.25 per 1,000 sheets, 

 according to quality ; blotting paper, from 87 cents to $5. 79 per ream 

 of 500 sheets. 



The price for parchment paper varies according to quality and 

 purpose of employment, as follows: For packing purposes, from 10 

 to ii cents per pound; for sugar refineries, 68 cents per 2.2 pounds; 

 woolen and other mills, from 29 to 39 cents per 2.2 pounds; imita- 

 tion leather and oilcloth, from 24 to 33 cents per 2.2 pounds. 



TERMS OF SALE. 



There are no fixed terms of sale. Each manufacturer is gov- 

 erned in granting discounts on prices, easy terms for payment (thirty, 

 sixty, and ninety days), by the importance which he attributes to each 

 buyer, and according to his commercial standing. 



There are in Belgium 68 paper mills and factories, and in this 

 consular district 31 mills, 37 firms representing paper manufacturers, 

 some 63 wholesale dealers, and about 235 retail dealers. 



PAPER MILLS. 



Brabant, 



G. de Connek, Alsemberg. 

 Ferd. Delcroix, 'Haulers. 

 J. Delcroix, Haulers. 

 P. Seguin, Bornival. 

 De Broux & Co., Bornival and Court 



St. Etienne. 



De Naeyer & Co., Cramhem. 

 A. & X. Windericka, Dieghetn. 

 G. F. Stevens, Droogenbosch. 

 Ste. An. les papeteries de Gasbeche, 



Grez-Doicean. 

 Vanhemebryck & Co., Hal. 

 G. Demeurs & fils, Huyssengen. 

 A. Jacquet, Ittre. 

 Ste. Ane. de 1'Union des Papeteries, 



La Hulpe. 



P. Stevens, Lemberg-lez-Hal. 

 A. Adant, Lemberg-lez-Hal. 

 Ste. Ane. des 1'Union des Papeteries, 



Limal. 

 Ste. Ane. des 1'Union des Papeteries, 



Mont St. Guibert. 



Brabant Continued. 

 F. Del Croix, Nivelles. 

 Papeterie de Baules, Nivelles. 

 Alph Jacquet, Nivelles. 

 Demeurs frere & Soeurs, Rhode St. 



Genese. 



F. de Kendere, Saventhem. 

 Ste. Ane. des papeteries de Saventhem, 



Saventhem. 



Demeurs frere & Soeurs, Tourneppe. 

 Ste. Ane. des papeteries de Virgune, 



Virgmal-Sanne. 



Hainaut. 



Vve. V. Catala, Braine-le-Comte. 

 A. Ducober, Thulir. 



Namur. 



E. L. Godin & fils, Andeune. 

 Ste. Ane. des papeteries Namuroise, 



Namur. 

 Ste. Ane. des papeteries Namuroise, St 



Servais. 



