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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The following table tells its own tale as to the different industries 

 and the number of persons employed: 



Prussia, the Empire's most important paper-producing state, has 

 8,702 concerns, employing 72,250 persons. The Rhine provinces 

 have 1,732 concerns, employing 15,957 persons. 



Berlin has 1,260 concerns, with 15,900 employees; Silesia, 1,039 

 concerns and 11,208 persons. Further details are given below. 



The remainder are rather unequally distributed over the Empire. 



CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION. 



Germany leads in Europe in the consumption of paper per capita. 

 The following table shows the annual consumption in the years 

 1876-1878: 



