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kilograms (3,527,360 pounds) of printing paper and paid 352,000 

 marks ($86,776) for the same. The market price is from 21 to 22 

 pfennigs (4.9 to 5.2 cents) per kilogram (2.2046 pounds). 



(2) One of the largest publishers here uses about 5,000,000 pounds 

 of paper per annum. 



The total number of paper firms, companies, or brokers within the 

 limits of this city is 192, of which the following seven are the prin- 

 cipal, Richard Klippgen & Co. taking the lead: 



Richard Klippgen & Co. 



Klickermann & Co. 



C. Kliemt. 



Robert Hofmann & Co., Kreuz Stasse 19. 



A. F. Kegler & Co., Schosser Gasse 9. 



Otto Kunze, Marschall Strasse 27. 



G. Neumann, Freiberger Platz, 21. 



The publications printed in Dresden with special reference to the 

 pulp and paper trade are: 



(1) Holzstoff Zeitung, a weekly paper devoted to the paper, wood 

 pulp, and pasteboard industry. 



(2) Kartonnagen Zeitung, a semimonthly paper devoted solely to 

 the pasteboard-box industry and the modern fancy packing system. 



(3) The Zeitschrift des Koniglich Sachsischen Statistischen Bu- 

 reaus, a monthly pamphlet issued by the royal Saxon statistical 

 bureau, containing many interesting reports and statistics bearing 

 upon all the Saxon industries. 



(4) Jahres Berichte der Koniglich Sachsischen Gewerbe Inspec- 

 toren, an annual report compiled by the royal Saxon trade inspectors, 

 who are appointed by the State to inspect every factory, mill, etc., 

 once a year. This publication contains valuable statistics and is 

 published by F. Lommatzsch (A. Schroer), Dresden, under the Royal 

 Saxon Ministry of the Interior. 



The best general directory of the paper industry in Germany is 

 the Adressbuch der Maschinen-Papier- und Pappen Fabriken, by 

 Giinther-Staib, published in Biberach by Dorn & Haeberle. 



The publication most universally read by the German paper manu- 

 facturers and dealers, and which is considered the best and most com- 

 plete of its kind, is the Papier Zeitung, by Carl Hofmann, Berlin, 

 W. Potsdamer Strasse, 134. The best general book on the paper 

 trade is Handbuch fur Papier Fabrication, by Carl Hofmann, as 

 above. 



The total number of printers in Dresden is, according to the city 

 directory, 137. There are 10 large publishers and about 25 small 

 ones; in addition to these, there are about 100 concerns that are 

 entered as publishers, but really should be classed with the printers. 



