EUROPE: GERMANY. 



I have not been able, in spite of diligent effort, to ascertain the 

 total output of each kind and class of paper and their value for this 

 Kingdom, much less for this special consular district. 



The production of the most important factories and mills in 

 Saxony for the year 1896-97 was, according to the annual statements 

 of the respective factories, as follows: 



* i kilogram=2.2046 pounds. 



As to the value of paper produced, the following figures, obtained 

 from the Bautzner Papierfabrik, the largest concern in this vicinity, 

 give a fair example: 



The total production of paper per each machine per day is esti- 

 mated at 6,000 to 7,000 kilograms (13,228 to 15,432 pounds). 



An authority on the paper industry estimates the total produc- 

 tion in the entire German Empire, during 1896-97, at 750,000,000 

 kilograms (750,000 metric tons), but says that during 1897-98 an 

 increase of at least 75,000,000 kilograms (75,000 metric tons) may be 

 safely accepted. Almost half of this enormous quantity is manu- 

 factured in the Kingdom of Saxony. The average price per kilo- 

 gram being about 30 pfennigs (7.14 cents), the total value would be 

 225,000,000 marks ($53,550,000). 



The power used in paper mills and factories, etc., is water (prin- 

 cipally), steam, and gas. 



The processes and methods of manufacture are absolutely mod- 

 ern. The paper is all machine made. 



As to the general condition of the paper trade in Saxony, it 

 might be said that there is at present rather an overproduction, and 

 the dividends paid are low. This explains the recent formation of 

 numerous stock companies, and there is a tendency to increase them. 



