158 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



advice is to send Americans here who can speak modern Greek or 

 French to introduce goods and open the trade on a firm basis in the 

 American way and with the American push. 



EXPORTS. 

 Greece exports no paper. 



TRANSPORTATION. 



All imported goods reach Greece by water. Transportation 

 rates from different European centers to Piraeus are as follows, the 

 rates being by the ton and payable in gold: 



Francs.* 



From London : 26= $5. 02 



From Antwerp 21= 4.05 



From Hamburg 24 to 25=$4. 63 to 4. 83 



From Trieste 18= 3.47 



From cities in Italy 18 to 20= 3.47103.86 



LACK OF STATISTICS. 



As there are no publications to assist in collecting data for such 

 a report as this, information given has been gathered after a long 

 and tedious search from one place to another, with often contra- 

 dictory answers; but I think it is quite reliable, though coming from 

 many sources. 



DANIEL E. McGiNLEY, 



ATHENS, May 25, 1899. Consul. 



PATRAS. 



The population of this district is approximately 1,200,000, and 

 the percentage of illiterates is about 60. 



These people have no natural mechanical abilities, nor do they 

 attempt to overcome this defect by education. 



CONSUMPTION. 



The principal uses of paper are for the publication of the daily 

 and weekly journals and for the wrapping up of articles of merchan- 

 dise. There are no industries peculiar to the country requiring 

 paper or pulp. The very cheapest grades of paper are required to 

 supply the demand for the various purposes. 



Such small quantities of paper are consumed and the paper is 

 purchased in such an irregular manner that it is quite impossible to 

 ascertain the market prices for the different kinds in use. 



*The value of the Greek paper money varies considerably. At present, $i equals nearly 8 

 drachmas. 



