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CONSUMPTION. 



Neither the census nor any other official publication furnishes 

 the data requisite for a trustworthy answer to a majority of the 

 questions. I therefore confine myself to such questions as can be 

 answered with confidence in the accuracy of my replies. 



There are no industries peculiar to this country requiring paper. 



The classes or kinds of paper used and the requirements as to 

 quality, weight, sizes, etc., are the same as in all similar commer- 

 cial centers, and, as exchange is subject to constant and violent 

 fluctuations, the market prices can not be satisfactorily quoted. 



The terms of sale are cash on the loth day of each month. 



There are no statistics which enable me to state the quantity and 

 the value of paper consumed in the whole country for each year. 

 There are no paper firms, companies, or brokers in this city. There 

 are about 10 or 12 printers, but no book publishers. The publica- 

 tions are limited to 6 newspapers and to occasional pamphlets. 



There are no paper or pulp articles made here. 



IMPORTS. 



Importations of paper are from the following countries, their 

 relative importance being in the order named: England, Germany, 

 France, and the United States. 



BANKING FACILITIES. 



Banking facilities for transactions with all foreign countries, on 

 a sterling basis, are furnished by the following four banks in this 

 city, viz, El Banco de Chile, El Banco Internacional (Chile), El Banco 

 Aleman-Transatlantico, and the Bank of Tarapaca and London, 

 Limited. The last-named bank also draws on New York and San 

 Francisco for United States gold. 



MAIL AND CABLE FACILITIES. 



Mails leave for New York and Europe three times each month. 

 Time to New York, thirty days or less. Steamers make connection 

 on the Isthmus with the Royal Mail from Colon to England, a semi- 

 monthly line. There are also mail communications with England 

 via Valparaiso and the Andes and by the Straits of Magellan. 



Cable facilities are afforded by the Central and South American 

 Telegraph Company (Galveston line) and the West Coast Cable 

 Company. 



AMERICAN-TRADE OUTLOOK. 



So far as I can learn, there have been no special efforts by Eu- 

 ropean countries to build up a paper trade with this country, nor is 

 the business controlled by any special nationality. 



