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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



SWEDEN. 

 GOTHENBURG. 



POPULATION. 



The population of Sweden was 4,962,568 in January, 1896. The 

 present population is somewhat above 5,000,000. Of the persons 

 above 10 years old, only 0.6 per cent are unable to read and write. 

 By reason of influx from the country, the urban population is in- 

 creasing more rapidly than the population of the rural districts. 



The mechanical traits of the people are very prominent, but can 

 not always be shown to advantage by reason of the comparatively 

 small population and limited resources of the country, particularly 

 the want of coal, which is so necessary for industries on a large 

 scale. It has been said that the Swedes are very quick to adopt 

 everything that is new, but that they often lose the inclination to 

 follow it up. In business, new enterprises, etc., which might in- 

 volve loss of money, they are as a rule very careful, and foreigners 

 often have to show them the way. 



SOURCES OF STATISTICS. 



As no statistics are available for this consular district alone, it 

 has been necessary to render the following report for the whole of 

 Sweden. All the figures as to production, motive power used, im- 

 port, and export have been taken from the official statistics pub- 

 lished yearly by Kommerskollegium (the board of trade) in Stock- 

 holm, under the name of Bidrag till Sveriges Officiela Statistik, 

 divided as follows: (c] Mining, (d) factories and manufactures, (e) 

 domestic trade and shipping, (/) foreign trade and shipping. 



The names of the paper mills, their locations, different produc- 

 tions, etc., have been obtained from Svensk och Norsk Pappers- 

 kalender, 1898, published by Goteborgs Litografiska Aktiebolag, of 

 Gothenburg; price, 3.50 kronor (94 cents). 



PRODUCTION. 



Factories in Sweden producing paper, pasteboard, and manufactures of same. 



