146 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



CONSUMPTION AND PRICES. 



Large concerns, however, buy direct from the paper mills; for 

 instance, the W. Tiimmel'sche Buch und Kunstdruckerei in this city, 

 the largest newspaper printing office within this consular district, 

 buys direct from German paper mills. The price of this paper is 

 $2.4395 per German cwt. (no. 23 pounds avoirdupois), free delivered 

 into the printing office. The rolls, however, must be of a certain 

 length, otherwise the printer has the right to a rebate; this rebate 

 plays no unimportant part in the price of the paper, as, if latter is 

 thick, the correct weight might certainly be delivered, but not the 

 correct length. They have but lately bought two linotype machines 

 from Boston at a cost of $3,000 each, and brought this fact to the 

 attention of their readers in a pamphlet setting forth the superiority 

 of these American machines. 



The factory of Ernest Nister, the largest publisher of Christmas 

 cards, calendars, picture books, transfer pictures, etc., in southern 

 Germany, is also located in this city. He employs 700 workmen, 

 and his consumption of paper amounts to about $125,000 per year. 

 The bulk thereof is of German make. 



There are other publishers and decalcomania manufacturers in 

 this city, most of whom buy direct from the paper mills. The follow- 

 ing is a list of the principal ones: 



Publishers, lithographic printers. Carl Mayer's Kunstanstalt, Fritz 

 Schneller & Co., Wolf rum & Hauptmann, Georg Brunner, S. Gold- 

 schmidt, Ritter & Kloeden. 



Decalcomania factories. C. A. Pocher; Huber, Jordan & Koerner; 

 Troeger & Bucking, Carl Schimpf, I. G. Martin, Tacuber & Geek. 



FUEL AND MACHINERY. 



Wood is mostly used in the manufacture of paper; rags and other 

 waste material are also employed. 



The fuel used is chiefly the cheap Bohemian brown coal. 



There is very little undeveloped water power in this country. 



All the machinery is of German make, mostly Saxon. The 

 methods of manufacture are modern throughout, I understand, and 

 both production and consumption are continually on the increase. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



I am unable to furnish any statistics concerning imports and ex- 

 ports for this Kingdom, as Bavarian statistics are included in those 

 of the German Empire. 



The import of foreign paper into this consular district is very 

 small, with the exception of such sorts of paper as can not b made 



