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USES OF WOOD PULP. 



Demeurs Freres & Saurs, Rhode St. Genese. 

 De Nayer & Co., Willebroeck. 

 A. Deleplanques, Bruges. 



H. Nyssen, Gand. 



GEO. F. LINCOLN, 



ANTWERP, October ji, 1898. Consul- General. 



BRUSSELS. 



In this consular district, wood pulp is used exclusively in the 

 manufacture of paper of all description, including card and paste 

 board, and is employed by only one firm Le Union des Papeteries, 

 of Brussels. Some twenty years ago, the above-named firm manu- 

 factured the wood pulp required in its paper-making industry, but 

 later it discontinued this, as the cost of manufacture exceeded the 

 price of the imported article. 



About 25,000 tons of cellulose are annually manufactured in 

 Belgium, of which a large part is exported to foreign countries, 

 principally to Spain. 



IMPORTATION. 



The total importation of wood pulp into Belgium for consumption 

 during the year 1898 was 65,078,543 kilograms (143,172,795 pounds), 

 valued at about 9,110,996 francs ($1,758,422.22). The average price 

 per kilogram (2.2046 pounds) was 14 centimes (2.7 cents). 



Imports into and exports from Belgium of wood pulp during the year 1897. 



BRUSSELS, October 28, 



GEO. W. ROOSEVELT, 



Consul. 



