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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



made regularly or not, etc. By contract, low rates may be obtained 

 for regular, large shipments. The rates to and from Gothenburg 

 may be considered to average as follows : From New York or Boston, 

 175. 6d. to i ($4-26 to $4.86) per ton; from Hamburg or Lubeck, 

 12 to 15 kroner ($3.22 to $4.0.2) per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds); 

 from Antwerp, 20 francs ($3.86) per 1,000 kilograms; from West- 

 phalia, Germany, 27 to 30 marks ($6.43 to $7. 14) per 1,000 kilograms; 

 to New York or Boston, i6s. to 175. 6d. ($3.89 to $4.26) per ton. 



The freight rates on the railroads in Sweden depend on the amount 

 to be sent, the class of goods, and the distance. For quantities of 

 writing paper, for instance, not exceeding 2,500 kilograms in weight 

 there must be paid : 



It will be noticed that it is relatively cheaper to send goods a long 

 distance than a short one. For quantities 2,500 to 5,000 kilograms 

 (5,512 to 11,023 pounds), 5,000 to 8,000 kilograms (17,637 pounds), 

 and exceeding 8,000 kilograms, there are other tariffs or rates. The 

 rates are also different for the different classes of paper goods. 



PRICES. 



The merchants are unwilling to state what they pay for the paper 

 imported, and give their own wholesale prices only to actual or 

 prospective purchasers. The market prices are about as follows: 



Cents. 



Packing or wrapping paper per 2.2046 pounds... 5 to 27 



Writing paper do n to 27 



Printing paper do 7 to 16 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



The classes of paper, quantities, origin, and destination will be 

 shown in the following tables, so far as specified in the statistics. 

 I understand that considerable quantities of printing paper are im- 

 ported from Norway; writing paper, blotting paper, tissue paper, 

 and copying paper are imported from Germany and England. 



The paper exported are chiefly printing, wrapping, and other 

 coarse paper. 



The foreign trade in paper, pasteboard, and manufactures of 

 paper shows the following figures: 



