EUROPE. 



UNITED KINGDOM. 



NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.* 



POPULATION. 



The total population of Newcastle-on-Tyne, according to the last 

 census, was 186,345, and the present estimate is 223,000; but the 

 population including that of the neighboring towns and villages on 

 Tyneside can not be far short of from 800,000 to 1,000,000. 



The people have mechanical traits. The chief industries here 

 are engineering and shipbuilding. 



CONSUMPTION. 



Paper is used for newspapers, bookwork, ordinary commercial 

 letter press and letter-press printing, envelopes, wrapping papers, 

 wall papers, etc. 



There are 5 daily newspapers, 2 evening newspapers, and 5 

 weekly newspapers. In Sunderland, North and South Shields, and 

 Jarrow there are 5 daily, 2 evening, and 5 weekly newspapers. 

 There are also 47 printers in Newcastle. In the adjoining town of 

 Gateshead there are 9 printers; in North Shields, 12; in South 

 Shields, 12; in Sunderland, 32. The number of publishers in New- 

 " castle is n. 



The total number of the other users of paper is as follows : Paper 

 merchants, 4; box makers, 2; paper-bag makers, 5; paper-hanging 

 manufacturers, i. 



There are no industries for making articles from paper or pulp in 

 this neighborhood, excepting one pulp mill making news. Pulp 

 boards are made from pulp at only one mill here. Boards, buckets, 

 and "hollow ware," patent compositions for photographic films, 

 etc., are made from pulp, but not in this district. 



The consumption of paper is likely to increase. 



Norway, Belgium, and Germany dominate the paper trade. 



The classes or kinds of paper used include news, colored and 

 white printings and writings, drawings, cards of all kinds, wrapping 

 papers, strawboards, etc. 



*Accidentally omitted from proper place. 

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