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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



PRINTERS. 



Before the year 1896, the printers were classified as artisans, and 

 the official statistics give their number for the last five years as fol- 

 lows: 



From and with the year 1896, the larger printing establishments 

 are counted together with the factories. Besides those given in the 

 above table, the statistics for the year 1896 also mention printers as 

 artisans and give their number as follows: Printers, 54; number 

 of persons employed by them, 98. This makes the total number of 

 printers 315, and the number of persons employed by them 4,650, or 

 a grand total of 4,965 persons engaged in the printing business dur- 

 ing the year 1896, under the supposition that each printing office 

 was owned by one person only. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



I have not been able to ascertain the number of publications of 

 all kinds in Sweden; in proportion to the population of the country, 

 their number is, however, considerable. The most prominent pub- 

 lishers live in Stockholm. 



The newspapers and periodicals published in Sweden which may 

 be ordered through the post-offices number about 670. Of these, 

 2 are issued twelve times a week, 4 seven times a week, 42 six times 

 a week, 53 three times a week, 17 four times a week, 150 once a week, 

 90 twice a week, 80 once a month, etc. I have not been able to 

 ascertain the extent of their circulation or the number of their sub- 

 scribers. The ordinary newspapers seldom exceed eight pages each. 



SWEDISH PAPER MILLS. 



Aktiebolaget Nyqvarn. Owned by a company; capital stock, 250,- 

 ooo kroner ($67,000) minimum, 700,000 kronor ($187, 600) maximum; 

 managing director, E. C. Gjestvang; location, parish of Turinge, 

 county of Stockholm, 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from Sodertelge; 

 post-office address, Stockholm; communications, railroad; motive 

 power, steam and water; amount of power, about 300 horsepower; 

 number of paper machines, 3; number of maceraters, 6; manufac- 

 tures paper for books, pamphlets, and newspapers, colored paper, 



