EUROPE: UNITED KINGDOM. 453 



Mail and telegraph facilities are: 



Letter post. Germany, daily ; Sweden, daily ; United States, Tues- 

 days, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. 



Charge for telegrams. Germany, 2d. (4 cents) per word; Sweden, 

 3/^d. (7 cents) per word; United States, is. to is. 8d. (24 to 40 cents) 

 per word. 



AMERICAN PRODUCTS. 



I think there is a market here for American paper, pulp, etc., 

 providing the questions of price and freight can be solved. The 

 Wilson Line has steamers running regularly direct from New York 

 to Newcastle. The present rate of freight for paper and wood pulp 

 from New York to Newcastle by these steamers is from $5.46 to $6.09 

 per ton. 



To build up our exports, American exporters should establish 

 either branch houses or agencies, and advertise. 



TRANSPORTATION. 



I can not ascertain the local rates for transportation as asked 

 for, but give below the charges quoted by the railway company 

 from points to and from paper mills (Shotley Bridge, Sunderland, 

 Hylton, etc.): 



Class A. Articles used in the manufacture af paper. ' 



Newcastle to Blackhill (for Shotley Bridge). Distance, 18 miles; 

 rags in 2-ton loads, station to station, $i per ton; wood pulp, 4-ton 

 loads, $i per ton; old rope, $i per ton. 



Newcastle to Monkwearmouth (Sunderland}. Distance, 16 miles; 

 paper-making materials, 2-ton lots, 85 cents per ton, station to 

 station; delivered, $1.28 per ton; tarpaulin, 6-ton loads, 81 cents 

 per ton; rags, not oily, 97 cents per ton, station to station. 



South Dock, Sunderland to Blackhill (Shotley Bridge). Distance, 26 

 miles; esparto grass, loose, minimum, 2o-cwt. wagon, station to 

 station, $1.82 per ton; hydraulic or steam pressed, 5 tons per wagon, 

 owner's risk, station to station, $1.17 per ton; rags, in 2-ton loads, 

 station to station, $1.72 per ton. 



Tyne Dock, South Shields to South Dock, Sunderland. Distance, 9 

 miles; loose esparto, minimum, 20-cwt. wagon, station to station, 

 $1.05 per ton; rags, 2-ton loads, 91 cents per ton, station to station. 



Northumberland Dock, North Shields to South Dock, Sunderland. 

 Distance, 25 miles; esparto, machine pressed, 2^ tons per wagon, 

 $1.28 per ton; wood pulp, 4-ton lots, $1.05 per ton, station to station. 



Newcastle to South Dock, Sunderland. Distance, ,18 miles; wood 

 pulp, 4-ton lots, station to station, 85 cents per ton ; paper-making 



