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For the year 1898, the production is estimated at at least 200,000 

 tons, while a decrease in the export of about 25,000 tons is considered 

 a certainty. 



The use of chemical wood pulp for manufactures other than paper 

 is also very limited. Successful efforts have been made in the manu- 

 facture of textiles, but there are no factories in this consular district. 

 Artificial silk patent chardonnet is made in France. Raw textures 

 for carpets, curtains, and such stuffs that need not be washed too 

 often are made out of chemical wood pulp, but also on a limited 

 scale. There is one spinning mill for cellulose yarns in Leipzig, but 

 none in this district. 



Chemical wood pulp is imported into Germany in quite large 

 quantities, especially from Scandinavia and Austria, and sometimes 

 even from Canada. 



The present market price of chemical wood pulp imported from 

 foreign conntries is, for best quality, ^9 55. ($45.02) per ton, duty 

 paid and free at place of use. 



The German duty is the same as for mechanical wood pulp. The 

 largest factories for chemical wood pulp in this district are: Hoesch 

 & Co., in Pirna; O. Harlan, in Heidenau, near Dresden. 



CHAS. L. COLE, 



DRESDEN, October 26, 1898. Consul- General. 



REPORT FROM CONSULATE-GENERAL AT FRANKFORT. 



In compliance with instructions from the Department, I have to 

 report that, according to latest statistics, there are in Germany 601 

 mills for the manufacture of chemically and mechanically prepared 

 wood pulp, the former of which is commercially known in this country 

 as "cellulose." The combined product of all these mills, of which 

 260 are located in the Kingdom of Saxony, is about 400,000,000 

 kilograms per annum, or 400,000 metric tons* of pulp, valued, at the 

 average prices of 1897-98, at about $9,520,000. 



*Of 2,204 pounds. 



