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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



number of places from which it is shipped to the factories of this 

 district, it is not practicable to give cost of transportation to mills. 

 The rate on paper from factories in this district to Frankfort 

 varies according to the distance, the rate from Aschaffenburg being 

 the highest, and from Offenbach the lowest. Paper made from 

 straw or wood pulp, printed paper, and colored paper pay higher 

 freight rate than paper waste, which belongs to class 2. 



Rate per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds). 



Neither wood nor pulp is imported by the factories at Aschaffen- 

 burg; but some of the factories nearer the Rhine have purchased 

 these articles from Scandinavia during the last two years. 



Wood can only be imported when sent from Scandinavia by ship- 

 load, and, as ocean and river rates depend upon time of year, amount 

 of freight to be carried, and size of shipment, the rate of transpor- 

 tation for wood can not be given. Pulp costs from 15 to 17 cents 

 per 100 kilograms from Rotterdam to Frankfort, which is the cheap- 

 est route, and from 2 to 3 cents per 100 kilograms for large ship- 

 ments of from 300 to 500 tons. 



All classes of paper cost from 15 to 17 cents per 100 kilograms 

 from Rotterdam to Frankfort by boat and 12 cents per 100 kilo- 

 grams for shipments of over 5,000 kilograms (11,023 pounds). 



Rags are the only materials used in the manufacture of paper 

 that are exported from this district, and they are only sent by river, 

 the cost of transport being from 15 to 17 cents to Antwerp or Rot- 

 terdam and about 17 cents from port of shipment to New York. 



Paper is generally exported from this district by water, the rate 

 being the same as for imported paper. 



DEAN B. MASON, 

 Vice and Deputy Consul- General. 



FRANKFORT, January 10, 1899. 



