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The two last-mentioned firms deal in building paper exclusively. 

 All of the above are wholesale dealers. 



The number of publications in my district is 147, of which i6are 

 issued daily or twice a day. There are some n magazines, mostly 

 small affairs. The number of printers can not be ascertained. 

 There are 63 publishers. Quite a large number of books is pub- 

 lished every year. A factory was started some three years ago for 

 the manufacture of pails and tubs from pulp. It did not pay, and 

 was soon closed. Christiania has 2 small, factories making playing 

 cards, i making picture frames, 2 or 3 making ceiling and wall orna- 

 ments, and 5 concerns making fancy paper boxes and other small 

 articles from paper. 



The consumption of paper will certainly increase as the many 

 uses to which it may be put become more generally known. 



Large quantities of wrapping and printing papers, also consid- 

 erable quantities of writing papers the latter generally of inferior 

 quality are manufactured in Norway. The importations of such 

 papers are therefore not very large. Of drawing, tracing, blotting, 

 and fine writing papers, the importations are considerable, the trade 

 being dominated by Germany and Belgium. 



PRODUCTION. 



Of late years, the industries of the country have been developed 

 in a very marked degree, and the production of paper has increased. 

 There is every reason to believe that the paper industry will become 

 of more importance every year. 



There is still considerable undeveloped water power to be foui '1 

 in different tracts of Norway. No statistics as to volume are ( j- 

 tainable. Of late years, nearly all the power so located as to appear 

 valuable has been bought by foreign or native capital, often for 

 speculation only. Some of this power might be utilized in the pro- 

 duction of pulp and paper, being located near streams and forests. 

 But Norway, owing to the mountainous and generally broken con- 

 dition of the country, is but sparsely supplied with railroads. Trans- 

 portation of both the raw material and of the manufactured article 

 is therefore often difficult. Where more favorable conditions exist, 

 the power is utilized, in part at least. In Masjoen, Vefsen, and 

 probably in one or two other places, I believe power and timbered 

 tracts suitable for the industry could yet be had at reasonable figures. 



Of the developed water power, I can learn no more than of the 

 undeveloped. The best localities in this district are Sarpsborg, 

 Drammen, Shien, Parsgrund, Honifas, and Christiansand. 



Fuel is abundant and quite cheap. The native product is wood, 

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