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Figure 6. — The pulp and 

 paper industry makes an 

 important contribution to 

 the economy of New 

 Hampshire. Here pulp- 

 wood from Maine and 

 northern New Hampshire 

 is carried to a New 

 Hampshire paper mill by 

 the Androscossiin River. 



SOURCES OF WOOD FIBER FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE INDUSTRIES 



FROM OTHER STATES AND 

 FOREIGN COUNTRIES 



FROM CANADA AND 

 OTHER STATES: 

 54,000 TONS* 



PULPWOOD 



FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE S 

 FORESTS: 120.000 TONS** 



WOODPULP 



TOTAL 199,000 TONS 



TOTAL 

 FIBROUS MATERIAL 



USED IN MANUFACTURE OF 

 PAPER AND PAPERBOARD 



240.000 TONS 



NONWOOD PULP 41,000 TONS 



* AN ESTIMATED NET FIGURE, ALLOWING FOR THE 

 PULPWOOD THAT IS SHIPPED BY NEW HAMPSHIRE TO 

 OTHER STATES PULPWOOD IN TERMS OF PULP EQUIVALENT, 



** ESTIMATE BASED ON FOREST-SURVEY INFORMATION. 

 PULPWOOD IN TERMS OF PULP EQUIVALENT. 



SOURCE OF DATA CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES, 1947, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED. 



Figure 7. — Despite New Hampshire's large area of forest, its paper mills impoil a large part of their raw material. 

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