IO8 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The number of the other classes of users of paper is as follows: 



Pasteboard box and fancy paper articles, Christmas-tree ornaments, etc 61 



Photographic-paper manufacturers and dealers (among these are four large 



factories of photographic paper) 46 



Pasteboard manufacturers and dealers 12 



Manufacturers of other articles of paper, such as lanterns, napkins, envelopes, 



etc 36 



Lithographing establishments, art printing, engraving, phototype, etc 128 



Manufacturers of and dealers in artificial plants, flowers, decorations, etc., in 



Dresden and in Sebnitz, Saxony 205 



The most important market for artificial flowers in Germany is 

 Dresden, and enormous quantities of fine and coarse tissue paper 

 are used in the manufacture of this article. 



To recapitulate, the chief articles manufactured wholly or partly 

 of paper within this consular district are ordinary and fancy boxes of 

 paper and pasteboard, Christmas-tree ornaments, carnival and cotil- 

 lion articles, fancy paper "penny toys," envelopes, artificial flowers 

 and leaves, papier-mache goods. 



The consumption of paper, considering the rapid growth of the 

 population, has been increasing from year to year. During the last 

 three years, the demand for cheaper grades of paper has been larger. 

 Paper prices have gone down steadily, although the raw material 

 does not cost less. The wages are somewhat higher, but the gen- 

 eral condition of the market is at present considered favorable. 



PRODUCTION. 



Almost all the available water power in Saxony is used, and could 

 be increased only by means of artificial dams. An old law the 

 "water right," which means the sole privilege of using the water of 

 one stream is still in force in many parts of this Kingdom. For 

 instance, a mill owning such privilege can dam off the entire stream, 

 so that factories or mills below the same are oblig'ed to use steam 

 power. 



Saxony is densely intersected with railways, and many narrow- 

 gauge lines wind their way almost to the highest points of the Saxon 

 and Bohemian Alps, connecting on their way the numerous mills 

 located along the small streams and brooks flowing into the River 

 Elbe. The Elbe, which runs diagonally through Saxony, touching 

 many important points in addition to Dresden, offers a cheap means 

 of transportation by water through to Hamburg. It is navigable 

 almost all the year round, as it seldom freezes over. Leipzig is con- 

 sidered the chief market for paper in Saxony, and is only 25 miles 

 by rail from the nearest shipping point on the Elbe. 



The Saxon and Bohemian mountains are covered with pine for- 

 ests. The trunks are mostly floated down the streams to the mills, 



