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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The following table will show the increase in the production of 

 wall paper: 



The paper is produced by workmen who have graduated at the 

 technical schools for drawing, and is excellent in quality and design. 



The following table shows the production of other articles of the 

 paper industry, the number of mills, and workmen employed: 



There is a tendency to improve all branches of paper manufac- 

 ture by the introduction of improved machinery. Cigarette wrap- 

 pers are now made by machinery, and in binding office books great 

 proficiency has been attained. The only work done by hand is the 

 manufacture of fine boxes. 



IMPORTS. 



The import of wood pulp into Russia from January i to October i, 

 1898, amounted to 27,887 tons, valued at $i, 137, 635. 



The following table shows the import of same during the years 

 1892-1896: 



In 1897, 34,548 tons of wood pulp and cellulose, valued at $i,437, 

 365, were imported into Russia over the European frontier ; wood 

 pulp coming from Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Finland, Sweden, 



