322 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



EXPORTS. 



There are no paper or pulp manufactories in this Province, wood 

 not being found in sufficient quantities; consequently, there are no 



exports. 



DELMAR J. VAIL, 



CHARLOTTETOWN, December 12, 1898. Consul. 



FORT ERIE. 



In this consular district, there is nothing which would be of the 

 least interest to the paper manufacturer. There are no cities or 

 large towns, no paper mills, and no special consumption of paper 

 other than for the daily needs of the people; nothing, in fact, that I 

 can report which would be of any value to the United States. 



OSSIAN BEDELL, 



FORT ERIE, January 4, 1899. Consul. 



OTTAWA. 



The paper trade in this district is similar in many respects to 

 that of the United States, as the uses of paper, the industries pe- 

 culiar to the country, the classes and kinds of paper, the quality, 

 weights, sizes, etc., are the same. 



The market prices of these papers are nearly identical with those 

 of the United States; in some instances, slightly higher. The reg- 

 ular terms of sale by the paper manufacturers are 3 per cent thirty 

 days or net ninety days. 



PRODUCTION. 



There are at the present time in. the Provinces of Ontario and 

 Quebec 53 pulp and paper mills. The largest paper mill in opera- 

 tion is that of the E. B. Eddy Company, of Hull, Quebec. This com- 

 pany has at the present time 8 mills in operation, using eight beating, 

 four 900 pounds, twenty-eight 1,000 pounds, twelve Jordan engines, 

 one 76 and 86 inch Harper, two 96 and one 112 inch Fourdrinier, 86- 

 inch six cylinder; width of supercalenders, 80 inches. 



These mills manufacture book, news, tissue, ledger, manila, 

 wrapping, writing, paper bags, indurated fiber ware, and wood-pulp 

 board, and have a capacity of 132,000 pounds every twenty-four 

 hours. They manufacture antiseptic fruit and fish package papers 

 and the indurated fiber ware from pulp. 



