144 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



MAINZ. 



In this district, there is one large factory the Kostheimer Zellu- 

 lose Fabrik which makes a specialty of packing paper made of 

 wood pulp and imitation parchment. It manufactures only first 

 qualities, varying in weight from 18 grams to 160 grams per square 

 meter (10.76 square feet). 



Usual terms of sale are three months or 2 per cent off for cash. 



The consumption of paper is constantly increasing. 



Coal is chiefly used for fuel and costs about 18 cents per cwt. 



Cellulose and wood fiber are chiefly used in the manufacture of 

 paper sometimes cellulose alone, sometimes mixed with wood fiber. 



Paper-making machinery is imported. 



Wages in a paper mill average 3 marks (71.4 cents) per day. 



Steam power is used. Paper is machine made. The most mod- 

 ern methods are employed. They are constantly improving, and 

 the production is increasing. 



From Sweden, tissue paper is imported. 



Packing paper and tissue paper are exported. Export is chiefly 

 to China, Japan, and America. 



WALTER SCHUMANN, 



MAINZ, March 7, 1899. Consul. 



NUREMBERG. 



POPULATION. 



Nuremberg is situated in about the middle of Bavaria, and is the 

 second largest city of this Kingdom. Its present population is esti- 

 mated to be 230,000 inhabitants. Other cities of some size in this 

 consular district are: 



Inhabitants. 



Wiirzburg 68, 714 



Fiirth 46,443 



Baireu th 27, 693 



Erlangen 20, 891 



Amberg...., 20, 230 



Ansbach 15, 881 



The Kingdom of Bavaria has an area of 29,292 square miles, and, 

 according to the last census of December i, 1895, a population of 

 5,818,544 inhabitants. 



