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PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



As with many other articles, the three chief competitors in paper 

 in this market are the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United 

 States. Indeed, these three countries have about all the trade in 

 this line worth having, and relatively they stand as follows: 



First, as with every other staple article, comes the United King- 

 dom, with 28,519 packages, valued at ^255,562 ($1,244,982); then 

 comes the United States, with 16,591 packages, valued at ^67,840 

 ($33> I02 ) I an d then Germany, with 2,864 packages, valued at i i,- 

 662 ($56,677). 



It will be noticed in the above tables that "books and period- 

 icals" are classed as paper, and only by a little analysis of this can 

 the character and value of our paper trade in this country be under- 



