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and Norway, and cellulose from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Den- 

 mark, Finland, France, and Norway. More than half of the wood 

 pulp imported into Russia comes from Finland, but the amount of 

 cellulose imported from Finland forms only one-fourth of the total. 

 The import duty on wood pulp, cellulose, etc., is as follows: 



Per ton. 



Wood pulp $6. 39 



Cellulose n. 17 



Wood pulp pressed into sheets n. 17 



Pasteboard $76. 63 to 105. 37 



Wall paper 287. 37 



The following table will show the amount of the various kinds of 

 paper imported: 



Pitched cardboard for roofing is manufactured in considerable 

 quantities in the St. Petersburg and Warsaw governments, but not 

 enough to meet the home demands. As a consequence, a large 

 amount is imported, paying a duty of 60 copecks per pood ($15.96 

 per ton). It is difficult to determine the quantity imported, as the 

 custom-house statistics classify it with cardboard in general. 



The average price for news print in St. Petersburg during the 

 past year has been 7 copecks per Russian pound (about 3^ cents 



per pound). 



W. R. HOLLOWAY, 



ST. PETERSBURG, March 8, 1899. Consul-General. 



MOSCOW. 



The first paper was manufactured in Russia about two hundred 

 years ago. There are at present 558 factories making paper, em- 

 ploying nearly 40,000 workmen. There are 83 factories for the 

 manufacture of paper specially used for printing newspapers, etc., 

 producing 29,700,000 rubles' ($14, 850,000) worth. The capacity of 

 these factories per annum is from 25,000 to 1,800,000 rubles ($12,300 

 to $900,000). 



