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prepared wood pulp is called in Germany "cellulose," and mechanic- 

 ally ground wood is known as " Holzschliff ;" that besides its use in 

 the manufacture of paper, mechanical wood pulp is employed for 

 articles of papier-mache. Wood pulp, or pressed papier-mache, is 

 also used for imitations of wood carvings. 



Cellulose is sometimes used for filtering purposes to filter beer, 

 etc. also for surgical purposes, such as bandage, wadding, etc. 

 The second company states that it manufactures only cellulose and 

 sulphite, but no mechanical wood pulp, and that its product is ex- 

 clusively used for the manufacture of paper of all sorts packing, 

 printing, and writing paper, including the finest qualities; also parch- 

 ment, tissue, and' grease-proof paper, used for wrapping butter, 

 cheese, etc. That wood pulp is used in the manufacture of chairs 

 and furniture the managers have never heard, but they understand 

 that cellulose is used in making silk. 



EDWARD H. OZMUN, 



STUTTGART, October 22, 1898. Consul. 



NETHERLANDS. 



AMSTERDAM. 



I am informed that wood pulp is principally imported into this 

 country from Norway and Sweden. I can not ascertain the exact 

 amount of the imports, as the article is classified at the custom-house 

 here under the heading "rags." 



In this country, wood pulp is used only in the manufacture of 

 paper for printing newspapers. It is offered here from Norway and 

 Sweden at 23 to 25 florins ($9.25 to $10.05) per ton of 1,000 kilo- 

 grams (2,204.6 pounds) in lots of 8,000 to 10,000 tons c. i. f. 



GEORGE COREY, 



AMSTERDAM, October 28, 1898. Consul. 



ROTTERDAM. 



Wood pulp, mostly made of willow wood, is produced by only 

 one manufacturer in the Netherlands, and is imported from Eng- 

 land, Germany, Sweden, and Norway. No statistics exist showing 

 quantity imported, and an estimate can not be obtained. The man- 

 ufacturer has not, in answer to my request, communicated to me 

 the quantity manufactured nor the process of manufacture. The 

 article is, in the Netherlands, used only in the manufacture of paper. 

 Messrs. Van Gelder Brothers, paper manufacturers of Amsterdam, 

 said to be the principal consumers of wood pulp, state that from 



