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La Gazzetta di Malta; published daily, except on Sundays and holidays, at 16 

 Strada Zecca; quarterly subscription, 55.; single copy, 6d. 



II Risorgimento; published daily, except on Sundays and holidays, at 206 Strada 

 Reale; quarterly subscription, 55.; single copy, 6d. 



II Lloyd Maltese; a commercial newspaper (the organ of the chamber of com- 

 merce) published daily, except on Sundays and holidays, at 206 Strada S. Paolo; 

 quarterly subscription, 55.; single copy, i^d. (3 cents). 



II Portafoglio Maltese; published every Monday and Thursday at 131 Strada 

 Marsamucetto; quarterly subscription, 55.; single copy, 5d. (10 cents). 



La Voce del Popolo; published every Friday at I23d Strada Britannica; quar- 

 terly subscription, 55.; single copy, 4d. (8 cents). 



II Patriota; published daily, except on Sundays and holidays, at Strada Mez- 

 zodi; quarterly subscription, 55.; single copy, 2d. (4 cents). 



There are about a dozen small printing establishments which do 

 job work and also set a small proportion of the above publications. 

 Pulp is used here to a very limited extent in the manufacture of 

 images. The consumption of paper seems to be slowly increasing. 

 The supply as used here comes from Italy, Austria, France, and 

 England, in the order named. Once each year the colonial govern- 

 ment, through its director of contracts, calls for bids for furnishing 

 printing paper. The government uses a large quantity of paper of 

 various classes and qualities. There ought to be a chance in this 

 direction for American paper. 



The whole question of production may be answered by the single 

 statement that there are no manufactories of paper at Malta. Rags 

 are so valuable for domestic purposes that they are thoroughly used 

 up, and if any are collected and sent away the amount must be 

 very small indeed. 



BANKING. 



Banking facilities are excellent and ample. Prominent houses are 

 the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, the Bank of Malta, the Anglo-Maltese 

 Bank, and James Bell & Co. All of these banks are considered safe 

 and sound and have European connections. The tariff list of duties 

 is very short, and comprises mainly liquors, flour, grain, and a few 

 other articles, not including paper or pulp. With these exceptions, 

 Malta may be regarded as a free port. 



COMMUNICATION. 



As to mail facilities, there is a mail each way each day between 

 Syracuse, Sicily, and Malta under government contract. In addi- 

 tion, several days in the week we receive extra mails by steamers 

 from Italy, France, Gibraltar, and other points. Ordinarily, it takes 

 about thirteen days for a letter to come from New York. 



Telegraphic facilities are of the best, Malta being one of the 

 largest cable stations in the world in number of cables touching here. 



Recently, Germany made an effort to introduce paper, but failed, 

 not being able to compete with Italy in point of cheapness. The 



