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The means of transportation arc railroads, steamboats, and canal 

 boats towed by steam tugs. Rates, as nearly as I can learn, are 

 about the same as in the United States for the same service. The 

 English and Canadians, as a rule, control the lines of transportation. 



WM. W. HENRY, 

 n . December 31 ^ 1898. Consul. 



ST. JOHN'S (NEWFOUNDLAND).* 



The estimated population of the colony of Newfoundland is 200,- 

 ooo. St. John's, the capital, has a population of about 30,000 aad 

 is headquarters for all imports and exports. 



There are no paper or pulp manufacturers in the colony. The 

 erection of mills is under consideration. There is an immense area 

 of country covered with spruce suitable for the manufacture of pulp. 

 Fir is also abundant and has been found to make good pulp. It 

 does not contain as much turpentine as the fir timber of Canada and 

 the United States. The spruce and fir can be found all over the 

 island. On the west coast, there are large quantities of poplar, also 

 suitable for the manufacture of pulp. There is an abundance of 

 pure water all over the 'island, and pulp mills will have no trouble 

 in securing all the water power they require. 



The population of Newfoundland being small, but a limited 

 quantity of paper is used. All the paper imported into the colony 

 comes from England, Canada, and the United States. The only 

 kinds are printers' paper, news paper, writing paper, stationery, 

 wall paper, manila and brown wrapping paper, and paper bags used 

 in mercantile houses. . 



All paper used in printing offices is imported from Canada and 

 the United States, costing 3 cents per pound in either country. 

 Manila paper is nearly all purchased in Canada; the grade used here 

 costs 3^2 cents per pound. Brown wrapping paper costs 2 to 2^/2. 

 cents per pound. Nearly all the wall paper comes from England. 

 The grade sold here is in 1 2-yard lengths, costing from 2 to 5 cents, 

 and is mostly sold without border. Only the higher grades are 

 bought in the United States, where a greater variety and more 

 attractive patterns can be had. There is, however, but little demand 

 for high-grade wall paper. 



There are 3 daily and 2 weekly newspapers published in St. 

 John's. There .are 5 job-printing offices. In the outports, 5 weekly 

 newspapers are published. Writing paper sold in this market is 



Newfoundland, although not in the Dominion of Canada, is placed here for convenience of record. 



