FRANCE. 8 1 



ings, 450 hands employed; La Forie, Blanzat, St. Amant-Tallende 

 white paper, 1,741,200 francs ($336,052) per annum. 



Department of Nievre. Corvol-l'Orgeuilleux, letter paper, 195 

 hands. 



Department of Indre. Le Blanc, large firm of publishers; Issoudun 

 and Levroux, manufacturers of parchment paper. 



Department of Vienne. Bonneuil-Matours, Iteil, and Vouneuil- 

 sous-Biard, factories of letter paper. 



City of Limoges. E. Ardant & Cie., rue de la Terasse; Marc 

 Barbou, rue du Canard; Bregeras & Segue, rue Manigne, 18; Chas. 

 Lavauzelle, 46 Av. Baudin; Depert, Faubourg Manigne, 24; Dethias, 

 4 Cours Bugeaud; Ducourtieux, 7 rue des Arenes; Dulac, 20 Fau- 

 bourg de Paris; Mazaubrun & Cie., 18 rue Turgot; Nourry Vve., 

 4 rue Mont-a-Regret; Plainemaison, 17 bis rue Manigne; Ratier, 

 boulevard Louis Blanc, 17; Tarneaud, 7 rue Pont Herrison. 



Nearly all these persons are publishers and printers. Some of the 

 houses have been established for many centuries. Printing is done 

 in all the newspaper shops, especially in the small cities of the De- 

 partments. 



The British manufacturers sell quite a large quantity of letter 

 paper in France, and, as they make it more cheaply than the French, 

 they can hold their own very easily against the native producers. 



The water power of the several rivers in these Departments is not 

 fully developed, although there are many factories situated along 

 their banks. The machinery used in these paper factories is gen- 

 erally made in France, but no factories are run on the same plan as 

 those in the United States. There is a factory in the Department 

 of the Charente that belongs to an American (that Department is not 

 in this consular district) which is worked on the American system. 

 This is the only one in this part of France. 



WAGES. 



The wages are usually paid by the month, and they range from 

 90 francs ($17.37) for a foreman of the machines to 50 francs ($9.65) 

 for ordinary workmen. Women are employed to sort the paper and 

 are paid by the piece; they can earn from 1.25 to 1.50 francs (24. i to 

 28.9 cents) per diem. Very few children are given work, except to 

 oil the machines or as receivers of the sheets of paper as they fall 

 from the machines; they are paid about 75 centimes (14. 4 cents) a day. 



BANK, MAIL, AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES. 



The banking facilities are excellent in these Departments, the 

 Comptoir d'Escompte, the Credit Lyonnais, and the Banque de 

 France having correspondents in all countries, 

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