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1X85, the factories had increased in number to 38, with a product 

 worth $917,000; while in 1890 there were 117 such factories. The 

 largest paper mill in Europe is now being erected at Donnarfoet by 

 the Stora Kopparbergs BergslagsAktiebolag. The output is esti- 

 mated to be 30,000 tons a year. 



In Sweden, chiefly spruce, but also fir and aspen, is used in the 

 manufacture of wood pulp. Scandinavian wood pulp has a decided 

 advantage over, for example, the German, since pine is being used 

 in Germany. Especially in the quality of chemical wood pulp, Swe- 

 den takes first place. 



Sweden's chief customers for wood pulp are England, Germany, 

 the United States, Finland, and Norway. This export has been 

 growing steadily, as the following figures show: 



Pounds. 



1872 12,758,000 



1882 20, 394, ooo 



1886 55,000,000 



iSgi I go, OOO, OOO 



1897 330,000,000 



The price has during this .time fallen more than 50 percent. 

 The export of rags is comparatively insignificant, amounting in 



1897 to about $25,000, while the import in the same year was about 



three times as much. 



The machinery used in the production of paper and pulp forms 



one of the specialties of several establishments, as Mygvist & Holm, 



Trollhattan ; Forsvik and Reliefers Works. 



MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. 



The number of periodicals, newspapers, and magazines pub- 

 lished is at present about 650, and 70,000,000 newspapers are yearly 

 transmitted by post. This figure is, however, far from representing 

 the entire number in circulation, since it is only in exceptional cases 

 that the post-office undertakes the distribution of a paper in the place 

 where the same is issued. 



The following firms are the largest paper dealers in this district: 



Grubbens & Co., Stockholm. 



J. Blomberg & Co., Stockholm. 



B. O. Geijer, Stockholm. 



Svanstrom & Co., Stockholm. 



I. M. Gothe, Stockholm. 



Victor Petterson, Stockholm. 



The above information is gathered from reliable sources. 



The progress of industry in Sweden has been greatly hampered 

 by her small supply of coal and the necessity of purchasing the 

 "daily bread of industry" from foreign countries. As, however, the 

 use of electricity becomes more general, the prospects are favorable 



