148 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



TRANSPORTATION. 



Sea freight for all kinds of paper and cardboard from New York 

 to Rotterdam or Hamburg is $11.90 per 100 cubic feet. Railroad 

 freight from Hamburg to Nuremberg (delivered to depot only), 

 for paper and cardboard, per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds): For 

 single packages, 5.90 marks ($1.40); collective freight, 5 marks 

 ($1.19); paper only, for quantities of 5,000 kilograms, 4.80 marks 

 ($1.14) ; cardboard, for quantities of 5,000 kilograms, 3.65 marks (87 

 cents) plus about 5 cents per cwt. for dock cartage, etc. Rail from 

 Rotterdam to Nuremberg, per 100 kilograms, single packages, 5.60 

 marks ($1.33); for quantities of 11,023 pounds, 4.20 marks ($i). 

 Combined river and railroad route from Rotterdam to Nuremberg 

 via Mainz (Rhine route), per 100 kilograms, 4.40 marks ($1.04) for 

 quantities less than 11,023 pounds; 3.80 marks (90 cents) for quanti- 

 ties of 11,023 pounds and upwards. 



SlGMUND DUNKELSBUHLER, 



NUREMBERG, February 18, 1899. Vice-Consul. 



STETTIN. 



POPULATION. 



The population of Stettin, according to the last census, was 

 150,192; present population is estimated at 155,000. The percent- 

 age of illiterates is very small, as for the past thirty years it has 

 been compulsory to send children to school. 



CONSUMPTION. 



The local uses of paper are the same as in the United States, and 

 there are no industries particularly requiring paper. 



Ordinary flat writing, book, and catalogue paper of the s. and c., 

 s. and s. c. , and newspaper grades are in common use. Linen and 

 enameled or plate paper are used very little. 



As to writing paper, it can be divided into three classes, each 

 class having its special quality and finish, as follows: First, the 

 cheapest paper, of which wood forms the component part, is sold 

 to the printer at 30 to 38 pfennigs (7 to 9 cents) per kilogram (2.2 

 pounds) ; second quality is free of wood pulp and sells at from 40 

 to 50 pfennigs (9. 5 to 1 1. 9 cents) per kilogram ; third, the best quality, 

 chiefly of rags, sells from 65 pfennigs to i mark (15.4 to 23.8 cents) 

 per kilogram. 



As to the sizes of German-made paper, they differ from our stand- 

 ard sizes of cap (14 by 17 inches), folio (17 by 22 inches), and royal 



