224 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The principal factories and their produce are as follows: 



The industry is growing so rapidly in Russia that the imports 

 are very small. They come from Germany, Austria, England, Swe- 

 den, and a little from the United States. From Japan, Russia im- 

 ports paper for cartoons, drawing paper, etc., to the value of 250,000 

 rubles ($125,000) annually. 



In 1897, wood surrogate was imported to the value of 1,395,500 

 rubles ($697,750) and wood cellulose to the value of 1,882,000 rubles 

 ($941,000). In Russia there are the following cellulose factories: 



Location. 



Annual production. 



The prices are: For bleached cellulose, $1.25 per 36 pounds; un- 

 bleached cellulose, $1.50 per 36 pounds. 



German imported paper is superior to the Russian product, this 

 being generally of medium and low quality. There is not a very 

 large market for fine blotting paper. Russia makes all sorts of 

 blotting paper of different colors, the cheap sorts being always in 

 demand. 



THOMAS SMITH, 



Moscow, March j, 1899. Consul, 



WARSAW. 



The total population in the Kingdom of Poland is about 8,000,000. 

 Paper is used for printing books and journals, for writing purposes, 

 for blotting, etc. There are no special uses for paper pulp. The 

 classes or kinds of paper in use are: Concept, legal, letter, bristol, 

 register, blotting, copy, cigarette ; packing, from lowest to the highest 

 grade, handmade; envelope, tissue, and others. 



