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PAPER IX EG REIGN COUNTRIES. 



Imports of paper by countries. 



The total value of printing-paper imports during the year 1898, 

 as before stated, was 2,283,208 yen ($1,137,038); but the monthly 

 returns, from which the amount has been ascertained, do not men- 

 tion the countries from which importation took place, as will the 

 annual returns published later. 



During the eleven months ended December i, 1898, there were 

 imported "drawing paper" valued at 51,692.84 yen ($25,742) and 



