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paper per annum, made of Sabai grass, imported spruce wood-pulp and 
a limited amount of jute, hemp and rags. 
The next most important paper-mill is situated at Raneegunge on the 
East Indian Railway, some 120 miles from Calcutta which belongs to the 
Bengal Paper Mill Co., Ltd. Their paper is made of the same materials 
as at Titaghur and the outturn is about 6,700 tons per annum. 
Another large paper-mill exists at Lucknow, known as the Upper 
India Couper Paper Mills, Ltd. The raw material used in this mill is 
also grass, but old rags, waste paper, jute, gunny bags, and hemp here 
play a larger part in the manufacture of paper than is the case in the 
other mills. 
The fourth mill of any size in India, is in the Western Presidency, at 
Poona, and is known as the Deccan Paper Mill Co., Ltd. The materials 
used in this mill are the same as elsewhere in India, though Sabai grass 
does not appear to play so prominent a part as in Bengal mills. The 
outturn is stated to be 1,000 tons of paper per annum. 
A few smaller mills exist in India and a certain amount of hand-made 
paper is manufactured, but the total outturn of this grade of paper is not 
sufficient to seriously affect the market. 
Imports and exports of paper in India .—The exports of Indian made 
paper and paste boards are at present practically nil. It is not impos¬ 
sible, however, that this state of affairs may one day be changed, when it 
is considered that enormous quantities of raw material suitable for the 
manufacture of paper, but not as yet utilized, are available in the forests 
of India and Burma. At present we are only concerned with the im¬ 
ports of paper and the outturn of the existing Indian paper mills ; the 
question of exporting half-stuff or paper from India may come later, 
but the question of supplying the existing market is the one which is at 
present attracting the attention of the Indian paper-makers. 
The value of the imports during the last five years was as follows :— 
Class of paper imported. 
1905-06. 
1906-07. 
1907-08. 
1908-09. 
1909-10. 
Printing paper . 
Writing paper and Envelopes 
Other kinds of paper . 
Paste, Mill and Card boards 
of all kinds. 
Rs. 
21,32,459 
19,15,114 
26,49,757 
3,51,648 
Rs. 
28,33,632 
22,66,714 
25,75,366 
3,35,393 
I 
Rs. 
! 36,26,984 
i 28,09,522 
31,42,264 
3,45,492 
Rs. 
30,96,000 
23,83,354 
33,39,036 
4,45,003 
Rs. 
33,18,292 
25,53,561 
37.43,901 
5,14,495 
Total . 
70,48,978 
80,11,105 
99,24,262 
92,63,396 
1,01,30,249 
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