ON THE PAPER MANUFACTURE. 



17 



The principal materials employ 3d in the manufacture of paper in this 

 country are rags, cotton waste, and bagging of various descriptions, but 

 rags are the staple article, ever since the establishment of the manufac- 

 ture paper-makers have regarded rags as the only material from which 

 a respectable quality of paper could be produced. And it is therefore 

 to be expected that when, from any cause whatever, a rise occurs in their 

 market value, the trade becomes uneasy and alarmed. At the Inter- 

 national Exhibition of 1862, the British makers were very inadequately 

 represented. Scarcely 11 per cent, of the total number of exhibitors 

 hailing from Great Britain and Ireland, but although the exhibitors 

 were few, it is fair to assume that all those makers who were possessed 

 of any specialty in raw material, exhibited their produce ; and the 

 following tabulated statement printed in the Jurors' Report is in- 

 teresting as showing the materials from which the various samples 

 of paper exhibited were manufactured : — 

 1862. — Classification of Paper from the different Countries. 





o 







•5^ 



Of paper 



■si 





ll 







<o 2 







§ i 



from 



to h 



1 s 



■a 8 



a g 



-fe o£ 



Description of 



Countries. 



|S 



1-i 



1.2 



o -2 



rags alone. 



S 

 la 2 



|1| 



raw materials 

 employed, other 







f*3 





jS"S 



£ § 



First 



All 



S m 



?'" 





than rags or 





3s 



Is 







class 

 paper 



other 

 sorts 



ll 



II 



Ills 

 Ph is 2 



ropes. 



Great Britain and ( 

 Ireland . . . \ 



11 



6 



2 



2 



1 

 2 — 



2 



3 



4 



1 2 of straw. 

 < 1 of esparto. 

 ( 1 of hop-bine 













1 









New Brunswick . 



1 



— 



— 



— 



— I 1 



1 













India .... 



3 



— 



— 



— 



- ! 3 



3 













Belgium . . . 



6 



— 



3 



1 



1 2 



3 



1 



1 



Unknown. 



Denmark . . 



1 







1 



— 



1 | — 



1 













France .... 



17 



10 



6 



— 



12 | 5 



17 













Austria .... 



4 



3 



1 



— 



4 1 - 



4 











Maize. 



Baden .... 



1 







1 







- ! 1 



1 













Hanover . . . 



1 







1 







— 1 1 



1 













Gd. Duchy of Hesse 



2 



— 



1 



— 



— 1 



1 



— 



1 



Straw. 



Prussia .... 



20 



10 



5 



2 



12 ' 3 



15 







3 



Straw. 



Saxony and Reuss 



2 



1 



1 



— 



1 I 1 



2 



_ 







"Wiirtemburg . . 



2 



2 



— 



— 



1 — 



1 



— 



1 



Wood. 



Italy 



10 



2 



7 



— 



6 | 3 



9 







1 



Straw. 



Netherlands . . 



3 



1 











1 



2 



3 











Norway .... 



1 



— 







1 

























Portugal . . . 



4 



— 



2 



— 



— ■ 



4 



4 













Japan .... 



1 



— 



— 



. — 



— 



1 



1 



' 







Bark. 



China and Formosa 



2 



















2 



2 













Russia .... 



3 



— 



3 



— 



3 



_ 



3 













Spain .... 



8 



— 



4 



— 







8 



8 













Sweden .... 



3 



— 



3 



— 



3 



— 



3 



— 



— 



Wood. 



Total . . 



106 



1 



35 



41 



6 



47 



38 



85 



4 



11 





Note. — The column "first-class paper from rags alone" is intended to include 

 such papers as are manufactured of the best materials, and at great expense for sizing 

 and finishing, such as high-class writing, and plate, and drawing papers. 



Among the thirty-eight "other sorts," there are many papers which have been 

 made of very superior materials, but they are for the greater part for printing pur- 

 poses, and in the case of Spain they consist almost wholly of paper for cigarettes. 



