156 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Most of the writing paper is imported in large sheets as printing 

 paper, to avoid the high tariff fixed for the former, and cut up into 

 proper sizes aftfcr it is received here. 



The terms of sale are three to six months' credit, time drafts be- 

 ing sent, with the bills of lading, to local banks for collection. 



About 4,000,000 kilograms (8,818,400 pounds) of paper are con- 

 sumed in Greece annually, of which 1,500,000 kilograms (3,306,900 

 pounds) are produced by local factories, and the balance imported 

 from the countries named in the foregoing table, Austria dominating 

 the trade. The relative importance of the other countries in this 

 line is denoted by the order in which they are mentioned Germany, 

 France, Belgium, Denmark, England, and Italy. 



There are two paper factories in Phaleron, a village lying be- 

 tween Athens and Piraeus, on Phaleron Bay, which manufacture 

 coarse papers only, such as wrapping paper, blotting paper, etc. In 

 Athens there are 6 firms that deal in paper, and about 50 paper 

 brokers. The three principal paper dealers, mentioned in the rank 

 of their importance, are Tzakonas, Autoniades, and Dimitriades 

 all of Athens. 



Greece boasts of over 100 newspapers, many of which are dailies, 

 and about 5,000 pamphlets, and from 1,500 to 2,000 books are printed 

 by her people annually. In addition, the necessary blanks for her 

 Government and business men are printed here. Greece has over 

 700 journeymen printers, about 150 publishers, and 50 bookbinderies. 



A large quantity of paper is used in the local manufacture of 

 cigarettes; but there is no way of learning the exact quantity thus 

 used or the number of cigarettes made. Greece manufactures no 

 articles from either paper or pulp; but the prospects are that the 

 consumption of paper will increase rapidly in this country in the near 

 future. 



PRODUCTION, WAGES, FUEL, ETC. 



As stated, there are but two paper manufactories in Greece. 

 According to reliable information, no water power, either developed 

 or undeveloped, exists in this district, there being no large streams 

 that flow all the year. 



Raw materials suitable for paper making are found in Greece, 

 but in very limited quantities. They consist of pine for pulp, straw, 

 rags, cellulose, and china clay. The means of transportation and 

 cost to manufacturers of these local materials, I have been unable to 

 learn. 



The wages of employees in the local paper factories are from 3 to 

 5 drachmas (39 to 65 cents) per day. 



About 1,500,000 kilograms (3,306,900 pounds) of coarse paper are 

 manufactured annually by the two local factories, but they have not 

 been running long. They use steam power, and the paper is machine 



