430
STATISTICS OF PAPER-MAKING.
[Class XYIT.
England. i
Number of paper-mills ------
327 '
51
37
Number of beating-engines -----
1,374
2S6
86
Paper charged with duty ----- lbs.
105,712,953
28,600,019
6.719,502
Amount of duty - -- -- -- -
£ 693,741 ;
£ 187,687
£ 44,096
Paper Imported , viz .—
!
1
Printed, painted, stained, or hangings - sq. yds.
342,746
470
-
Other kinds - -- -- -- - lbs.
207,162 i
53
_
Amount of duty - — — — —
£ 5,607 !
£ 5
-
Paper Exjx>rted. viz .—
i
Printed, painted, or stained — - - sq. yds.
1,155,012 1
163,164
-
Other kinds - — — — — —lbs.
6,568,268 ,
1,040,555
9,248
Amount of drawback paid - -----
£ 43,934
£ 6,946
£ 60
As Account of the Number of Machines and Vats employed at Paper Mills in the United Kingdom ,distinguishing England, Scotland, and Ireland , in the last Ten Years.
England.
Years.
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Numljer
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
Machines.
Vats.
Machines.
Vats.
Machines.
Vats,
Machines.
Vats.
1842
292
311
i 46
21
IS
40
356
372
1843
298
300
47
24
22
38
367
362
1844
299
302
48
25
23
32
370
359
1845
310
309
50
25
24
30
384
364
1846
308
328
51
22
25
28
384
378
1847
320
326
54
20
31
27
405
373
1848
321
321
54
21
32
25
407
367
1849
319
310
55
19
32
24
406
353
1850
323
307
57
19
32
18
412
344
1851
322
296
58
19
33
15
413
330
Inland Revenue Office, Old Broad Street ,14 th October 1851.
The annual value of paper manufactured in this coun-try is said to be two millions sterling.— Vide “ Sharp’sGazetteer,” 1852.
The following is a list of the principal sizes of writing-paper in English inches, and in French centimetres, tothe nearest millimetre or tenth of a centimetre, whichwill be found useful to stationers and all connected withthe paper trade:—
Inches.
Centimetres.
Double elephant
_
_
40
-26|
101-6-67-9
Atlas —
—
—
—
—
34
-26
86-4-66-0
Colombier
_
—
—
_
341
-231-
87-6-59-7
Imperial -
-
-
-
-
30
-22
76*2-55-9
.Elephant -
—
—
—
—
28
-23
71-1 -58-4
Super-Royal
-
-
-
-
27
-19
68-6-48-3
Royal —
—
-
—
—
24
-19
61-0-48*3
Medium —
-
-
-
-
22
-174
55-9-44-4
Demy —
-
-
-
-
20
-154
50-8-39-4
Large post
—
—
-
—
21
-16J
53-3-42-5
Small post
—
-
-
-
19
-15J
48*3-39*4
Foolscap -
"
“
“
161
-131
41-9-33-7
Note.—T hese are drawing and writing: payer sizes—printing-papersare of different dimensions.
With rags produced by a population of 27^ millions ofinhabitants in Great Britain and Ireland, and notwith-standing the large quantities of bagging and other descrip- |tions of linen and cotton wrappers, old sails, cordage and Iold navy stores, &c„, England imports from foreign coun- jtries a quantity of rags, amounting annually to 8,124 tons,as the following table shows:—
An Account of the Quantity of Old Rags, Old Junk orRopes, or Old Fishing Nets, fit only for makingPaper or Pasteboard, Imported into the United King-dom in the Year 1850, showing the Countries fromwhich Imported.
Countries from which Imported.
Quantities Importedinto tlie
United Kingdom in the Year 1850.
Tons.
859
61
101
206
Prussia - — — — — - —
27
78
Hanover —
23
4,449
Channel Islands -----
282
1.352
Papal Territories - - - -
305
41
Austrian Territories — — - —
43
91
23
British Possessions in South Africa -
27
British Possessions in East Indies —
29
British Colonies in North America -
25
Vnitcd States of America - - -
32
18
Other Ports ------
52
8,124