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I have no doubt the people here have mechanical traits that would 

 enable them to be producers of paper; if some capitalist should 

 establish a mill, competent laborers would easily be found. 



CONSUMPTION. 



Paper is used for three daily newspapers in this city, several 

 weekly newspapers in different parts of the Province, two or three 

 weekly papers in this city, and one or two monthlies. 



The coarser kinds of paper are used in large quantities by the 

 fisheries and the merchants for wrapping purposes. All kinds of 

 paper are used, from the coarser grades of wrapping paper up to the 

 finest quality of stationery. I do not know of any special require- 

 ments as to weights and sizes. I am not able to give the market 

 price or terms of sale beyond what will be found in the inclosed 

 letter of Mr. McLagan. 



There is no means of obtaining information in regard to the 

 amount of paper consumed. 



There are no firms, companies, or brokers dealing in paper ex- 

 clusively. Stationery is handled by persons who trade in various 

 things. The newspapers import their own supplies, and wrap- 

 ping papers are sold by the wholesale grocers, hardware dealers, 

 etc. I can not tell the total number of users of paper, but there are 

 some two or three hundred stores of different kinds, all of which use 

 wrapping paper. 



I do not think that any articles are manufactured here from paper 

 or pulp. 



As the country is rapidly growing, I have no doubt that the 

 consumption of paper is likely to increase. 



WATER POWER, RAW MATERIALS, AND FUEL. 



There are three streams flowing into Burrard Inlet, from 2^ to 

 4 miles distant from the city, each of which would furnish consider- 

 able water power; but they are entirely undeveloped, with the ex- 

 ception of one, which furnishes the water supply for this city. These 

 streams empty into the inlet at points where it is navigable for the 

 largest vessels. 



There is an abundance of wood suitable for making pulp on all 

 the shores of the streams and in the near vicinity. I suppose that a 

 considerable amount of rags might be collected in this city. If so, 

 it would be very easy to transport them across the inlet, if a paper 

 manufactory were established there. 



The fuel used here is chiefly wood and bituminous coal. The 

 coal is brought from Nanaimo and Wellington, some eighty miles 

 from here, by water. I believe that the coal could be laid down at 

 a factory at from $3 to $4 a ton ; possibly for less, in large quantities. 



