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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



In Bengal, the following descriptions of paper are made: Print- 

 ing, cartridge, writing, blotting, brown, foolscap, water-marked, 

 cream laid, wove, yellow wove, azure laid, envelope, etc. The ma- 

 terial used consists of rags, grass, jute, hemp, straw, old gunnies, 

 hemp bagging, ropes, waste paper, etc. 



That made in the Northwest Provinces and Oudh is printing, 

 brown, colored blotting, white cartridge, cream and yellow wove, 

 azure and cream laid, wrapper, etc., the material used being rags, 

 jute, hemp rope, gunny bags, straw, waste cotton, paper, and grasses. 



The descriptions made in Bombay are brown, white, blotting, 

 printing, etc., from gunny cuttings, rags, cotton, wheat and rice 

 straw, wood pulp, grass, etc. 



In 1 88 1, there were 5 paper mills in operation, with a capital of 

 $742,665, employing 781 persons and producing 8, 124,445 pounds, 

 valued at $384, 960. In 1897, there were 8 mills at work, with a cap- 

 ital of $2,007,040, employing 3,532 persons and producing 38,581,703 

 pounds, valued at $1,818,291. The above shows the progress of the 

 paper-making industry of India from 1881 to 1897, inclusive. 



IMPORTS AND CONSUMPTION. 



From the articles from Capital inclosed, it will be seen that most 

 of the paper imported is from Great Britain and Austria, though 

 large quantities of cheap paper are imported from Germany and 

 Belgium. 



While India has a population of nearly 300,000,000, the quantity 

 of paper consumed is infinitesimal compared with that of the United 

 States and Europe in proportion to the population. 



