112 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



figures give interesting statistics as to the gradual increase of the 

 output of this factory: 



Pounds per day.* 



1840 800 



1868 6,000 



1872 10,000 



1873 13,000 



1879 24, ooo 



1889 48,000 



1892 59,000 



1897 ". 68, ooo 



The annual production of this factory was, from 1890 to 1897, as 

 follows: 



Kilograms.t 



1890-91 8, 380, 159 



1891-92 8, 651, 982 



1892-93 8,836,485 



1893-94 : 9, 284, 697 



1894-95 8,940,674 



1895-96 9, 795,993 



1896-97 10, 198,647 



The total output of this factory from 1872 to 1897 was 136,868,229 

 kilograms (301,794,445 pounds). 



*i German pound=i.i pounds avoirdupois. 

 1 1 kilogram =2. 2046 pounds. 



