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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



is so strong that enormous space is required to fill the demands. I 

 believe the Australians are the best advertisers on the globe. 



There are 3 or 4 publishing houses that turn out in the aggregate 

 some 500,000 volumes per year. This is approximate only. 



IMPORTS. 



I am informed that paper is imported from all sources into New 

 South Wales to a total of some 30,000 reams per annum. 



In a "free-trade" country like this, where no end is to be attained 

 by minute classifications and detailed bookkeeping, it is no easy task 

 to secure exact statistical information regarding any class or variety 

 of imports, either as to quantities or prices; but the following list, 

 I believe, is sufficiently correct to answer all practical purposes. 



While I shall give the imports from all countries, it must be 

 remembered that substantially all imports from the Australasian 

 colonies were imported by those colonies from other countries. 

 Imports of paper for i8qj (latest published statistics) from all countries. 



* i cwt. = ii2 pounds. 



