68 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The following are the principal dealers: 



Brussels. 



J. Colin & A. Platz. 

 Lucien Desbordes. 

 Vve. De Tournay-Catala. 

 Louis Hecht. 

 A. Helaers. 

 Chas. Maes. 

 Mawnoury Wolff & Co. 

 Jos. Schwieger. 



Brussels Continued. 

 Societe An. des Papeteries de Virginal. 

 E. Thomas. 

 Union des Papeteries. 



E. de Cost. 



Namur. 



Charleroi. 



E. Detry. 



J. L. Lefebvre. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



There are 359 publications in Brussels that is, 47 daily and 

 weekly newspapers, 13 governmental periodicals and reviews, 19 law, 

 14 sporting, 9 army, 2-6 illustrated, 13 public instruction, 10 musical 

 and theatrical, 76 commercial and industrial, 9 fashion, 15 scientific, 

 29 medical, 25 social science, 13 religious, n agricultural, and 30 

 financial. There are 440 printers and lithographers in Brussels and 

 13 publishers. As before stated, there is no industry in Belgium 

 using paper as raw material for manufacturing articles or objects. 

 Pulp is used in making paper and cardboard. 



The u-ndeveloped or developed water power in this country is not 

 of sufficient importance to be used as motor power for paper mills. 



Facilities by rail and canal for transporting raw and manufac- 

 tured material to and fro are available by all the mills. 



FUEL. 



Native coal, suitable for mill use, is cheap and abundant, and is 

 easily .conveyed to the mills by rail, canal, and river. The price at 

 the mine is about $1.84 per ton. 



The only raw materials contributed by the country are rags, 

 straw, and a small quantity of alfa and esparto. Imported wood 

 pulp, ground and chemical, or pulp made from imported wood, are 

 the principal raw materials used. I am informed that no difficulty 

 has been experienced in securing any quantity of the raw material 

 desired. 



WAGES. 



The average wages paid per week in paper mills in the Brussels 

 consular district are: 



Overseers $6. oo to $9. oo 



Men 2.90 



Women 2. 50 



Boys and girls I. 38 



Children under 14 years of age are not employed. 



