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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



mostly in cheap grades; there is very little demand for handmade 

 paper. 



The following table shows the imports of the different kinds of 

 paper from each country supplying this market for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1898, wrapping paper being included with stationery: 



The grand total was $60,018. 



There are no direct taxes in Newfoundland. The duties are 

 partly ad valorem and partly specific, but only to a slight extent 

 differential, the tariff being designed for revenue purposes only, and 

 not for protection. There is no preferential duty in favor of any 

 country. 



Duties on the different kinds of paper are: 



Per cent. 



Stationery 3 



Account books ' . 35 



Wrapping paper 30 



Wall paper 30 



Paper bags, not printed 35 



Paper bags, printed, and all other printed maitcr 50 



Printing paper for newspapers and job printers Free. 



Books for institutes and religious purposes Free. 



All articles for the governor's use and foreign consuls' supplies for official use.. Free. 



The imports of paper from the United States to this district should 

 be larger, and, I am satisfied, if our paper manufacturers would pur- 

 sue the same course as English and Canadian houses and send rep- 

 resentatives here, they- would have little trouble in securing most of 

 the paper trade. With direct shipment from New York and Boston, 

 freight rates and terms of sale being about the same as those of 

 England and Canada, and there being no preferential duty, I see 

 nothing to prevent the increase of imports of paper from the United 

 States. 



MARTIN J. CARTER, 



ST. JOHN'S, March 16, 1899. Consul. 



