450 



PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The sizes chiefly used are: 



PRINTING PAPERS. 



WRITING AND DRAWING PAPERS. 



BROWN PAPERS. 



A quire of paper contains twenty-four perfect sheets; an outside 

 quire, twenty, some of which may be torn. 



Terms of sale are usually cash, or three months' approved bill at 

 2^/2 and 5 per cent. 



PRODUCTION. 



Within a radius of 20 miles, there are only 9 paper mills. No 

 information is available as regards the output. They use steam 

 power. The paper is machine made and the processes and methods 

 of manufacture are modern. 



There are 5 paper manufacturers who have offices in Newcastle, 

 and 4 wholesale paper merchants. The manufacturers are: 



J. Annandale & Sons, Limited, Shotley Bridge, county of Dur- 

 ham ; make superfine papers writing and printing ordinary white 

 from 5 to 25 cents per pound; have 3 machines and can have three 

 distinct makes running all at once; use rags. 



Hendon Paper Mills Company, Limited, Commercial road, Sun- 

 derland; printings; use esparto grass; from 4 to 6 cents per pound. 



Ford Paper Mills, Hylton, Sunderland; printings and cheap 

 writings; use esparto grass. 



