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These are the cheaper classes of paper, which are imported by 

 weight, and it may be observed that in the cheapest of cheap paper 

 Germany is the chief competitor of the United Kingdom, while the 

 United States is hardly in evidence. However, a casual comparison 

 of the amounts with values indicates that the American article im- 

 ported was rated higher than was the English or German product. 



The better and more expensive goods are imported in "pack- 

 ages," and in these classes we are more particularly interested. 



The following is a list of the imports of the better grades from 

 all countries for the same year as above, and again I must remark 

 that the classifications are rather loose (Statistical Register, 1897): 



Articles and whence imported. 



Packages. 



Value. 



Circulars and advertising matter: 

 Australasia 



Victoria 422 



Queensland 15 



South Australia 101 



Tasmania 3 



New Zealand 47 



United Kingdom 2,687 



Dominion of Canada 58 



Hongkong 



India 



Belgium 



France 2 



Germany 5 



United States ." 277 



Total 3,687 



Printing and news paper: 

 Australasia 



Victoria 623 



Queensland 258 



South Australia 221 



Tasmania 8 



New Zealand 9 



Dominion of Canada 161 



United Kingdom 16,024 



Belgium 258 



France 5 



Germany 2,668 



Italy 6 



Sweden 180 



Norway 6 



United States 15,762 



Total 36,189 



Paper waste: 



Australasia (South Australia) 29 



Germany 13 



Total 42 



Paper (writing, note, envelopes, and fancy paper): 

 Australasia 



Victoria 204 



Queensland 15 



South Australia 67 



New Zealand 7 



2,461 



78 



441 



17 



2 75 



13,183 



388 



3 



3 



3 



103 



671 



2,411 



20,091 



2,063 



2Q5 



1,445 



79,202 

 7 8x 

 89 



9,55 



90 



851 



23 



59,679 



15 



104 

 524 

 56 



$11,976.00 



380.00 



2,146.00 



83.00 



1,338-00 



64,157.00 



1,888.00 



14.00 



146.00 



146.00 



501.00 



3,265.00 



11,733.00 



97,773-00 



10,040.00 



1,436.00 



7,032.00 



243.00 



297.00 



5,533-^ 



385,436.00 



3,801.00 



433-oo 



46,475.00 



438.00 



4,141.00 



112. OO 



290,428.00 



755, 845.00 



29.00 

 44.00 



73-oo 



5,850.00 

 506.00 



2,550.00 

 273.00 



