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SOUTH AFRICA. 



POPULATION. 



The population of the colonies of the Cape of Good Hope and 

 Natal, the South African Republic, and the Orange Free State is 

 estimated altogether at 583,468 whites and 627,661 blacks, but this 

 does not include the large white and black population in other parts 

 of South Africa under English, German, and French jurisdiction. 

 The percentage of illiterates is unknown, but nearly all the blacks 

 are uneducated. 



CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION. 



The uses of paper are the same as in all other countries. There 

 are no industries peculiar to the country requiring paper. It is 

 impossible to give answers to all the questions propounded in their 

 sequence, as there is no production of paper in this country. There 

 are no paper mills and no rivers to supply water, except during 

 the rainy season. Neither is it possible to give the number of paper 

 firms, their addresses and importance; the number and kinds of 

 the publications, or the number of printers and publishers. Even 

 the directory of South Africa, costing $8, would not give in all 

 cases the occupations. 



The consumption, I think, is bound to increase. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of paper into South Africa in 1897 (with the excep- 

 tion of Lourenco Marquez, in Portuguese territory) were: 



News, book, and printing paper, ^74,482 ($362,467.65), of which 

 the United Kingdom furnished ,67,279 ($327,435.25) and the United 

 States 2, 851 ($13,874. 39). 



Stationery, which includes writing paper and all other articles 

 included under this head, as understood in our own country, ^310,078 

 ($1,508,994.58), of which the United Kingdom furnished ,267,500 

 ($1,301,798.48); Germany, ^16,900 ($82,245.85); United States, 

 11,053 ($53,799.42). I give only the principal countries, the bal- 

 ance being divided in small amounts among other countries. I regret 

 that the governments of South Africa do not classify more in detail. 

 Classes of papers imported are: 



Loans and banks large post, n to 15 pounds; medium, 13 to 18 

 pounds; cap, 7, 12, and 15 pounds. 



Handmade for legal purposes and account bocks, cream and 



