EUROPE: GERMANY. 



Imports and exports Continued. 



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CHEMNITZ, December 31, 1898. 



J. C. MONAGHAN, 



Consul. 



DRESDEN. 



POPULATION. 



The population of the Kingdom of Saxony, according to the last 

 census of December 2, 1895, was 3,787,688 (1,838,422 males and 

 1,949,688 females), against 3,502,684 in the census of December i, 

 1890; increase, 2 per cent in ten years. 



Its capital, Dresden, had a population on December 2, 1895, of 

 334,066; two suburbs have since that date been amalgamated with 

 the city, and its estimated population on January i, 1899, was 



389,3- 



The Saxon people have decided mechanical traits, are patient and 

 painstaking workmen, and are not slow in discovering fuel or labor 

 saving qualities in machinery. 



CONSUMPTION. 



Paper is used in Saxony for printing, writing, wrapping, packing, 

 etc. ; in fact, for the same purposes as in any civilized country on 

 the globe. 



The industries peculiar to this Kingdom requiring paper and 

 particularly located within this consular district are as follows: 



(i) All kinds of ordinary and fancy pasteboard boxes, cases, etc., 

 embossed, painted, lithographed, etc. (Specialty, all kinds of boxes 

 for the use of apothecaries.) This industry is very important, and, 



