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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



There are in Milan 42 establishments of more or less importance 

 for the binding of books. 



FREIGHT RATES. 



There are eight classes for freight in general. The raw material 

 for and the production of the paper mills are classified as follows: 



Class i. Drawing paper, letter paper, parchment paper, paper 

 for artificial flowers, cigarette and other fine paper, gilded or col- 

 ored paper, maps, playing cards, books printed and not printed or 

 printed simply for office use, thin cardboards for mounting photo- 

 graphs and for visiting cards. 



Class 2. Does not cover paper. 



Class j. Waterproof cardboards for copy books. 



Class 4 . Emery paper and glazed paper; ordinary paper for 

 writing, printing, and for music; blotting paper; and the best quality 

 packing paper. 



Class 5. Coarse packing or wrapping paper, ordinary cardboard 

 or bristol board, roofing cardboard soaked with tar and coated with 

 slate dust, sand, etc. ; also waterproof cardboards for railroad cars. 



Class 6. Wood pulp for the making of paper and rags of any 

 kind in bales. 



The following are the rates for freight per kilometer (o. 62137 m '^ G 

 3,280 feet and 10 inches) on the quintal. To classes i, 3, 4, 5, and 6 

 is added a tax of 0.204 li ra (4-9 cents) per quintal (220.46 pounds), 

 plus 5 centesimi (i cent) for stamp tax on every shipment. 



Special tariff for goods with no weight limit. 

 [Unit of weight, quintal (220.46 .pounds).] 



* i kilometer=o.62i37 

 1 1 Iira=i9.3 cents. 



