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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



PARAGUAY. 

 ASUNCION. 



The total population of Paraguay at present amounts to 500,000, 

 not including the wild Indians in the interior of the Chaco. The per- 

 centage of illiterates can not be given. The people have mechanical 

 traits. 



CONSUMPTION AND IMPORTS. 



Paper is used for writing, printing, manufacturing cigarettes, 

 and wrapping. Letter and writing paper with and without lines, 

 printing paper for books and newspapers, wrapping paper of dif- 

 ferent qualities, and cigarette paper are used. 



Requirements as to quality, size, etc., are: 



(1) Writing paper in general, quality medium. 



(2) Letter paper, 22 by 28 centimeters (8. 7 by n.i inches). 



(3) Printing paper for books of different weights, size in general 

 75 by 100 to no centimeters (29.5 by 39.3 to 43.3 inches). 



(4) Printing paper for newspapers, quality and weight medium; 

 size 65 by 96 centimeters (25.5 by 37.8 inches). 



The market prices can not be obtained. The retail prices are: 

 Letter paper, 6 to 10 sheets for 3 cents; writing paper, 8 to 12 sheets 

 for 3 cents; wrapping paper, 500 sheets for 60 cents. 



The terms of sale are credit for five or six months. 



Germany sends most of the printing and writing paper; Norway 

 sends printing paper; France and Spain, a little letter and writing 

 paper. Germany controls the trade. 



The following statement gives the quantities and values of paper 

 imported in 1897 : 



There are three paper firms H. Kraus, Juan Quell, and Rius y 

 Jorba all in Asuncion. There are 5 daily and 15 weekly and 

 monthly papers, 15 printers, and 20 publishers. The consumption 

 is not likely to increase. 



Paraguay has neither paper nor pulp mills. 



