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Customers' Samples promptly matched in our Experimental Dyehouse. THE WORLD'S Wood Pulp Industry. A Weekly Record of the Latest Information of Interest to A Retrospect. LONDON: 58, SHOE LANE, E.O. BRITISH papermakers have had to pay much higher prices for their wood pulp supplies during 1905 than in the previous year, without any corresponding advance in the selling price of paper. Consumers are dependent upon Sweden and Norway for their wood pulps, and unfortunately, owing to the severe scarcity of water in the countries mentioned, there was a heavy curtailment in production, and during the early months of the year many Scandinavian paper mills, that usually manufactured their own wood pulp, were compelled to buy in the open market. Prices of mechanical were very firm, as were also chemical pulps owing to the scarcity of supplies. AT the beginning of the year Bleached Sulphite was quoted £12 to £12 10s.; unbleached (1st quality), £9 5s. to £9 10s. ; and soda pulp (1st quality), £9 to £9 10s. Stocks were reported small, and very little was offered, particularly the better qualities for delivery over the year. Sellers showed no disposition to lower quotations owing to the scarcity of supplies; in fact it was very difficult to obtain early delivery. During the summer months there was no relief to the papermaker, it being evident that easy bleaching Sulphite and also strong Sulphites were practically outsold, whilst Soda Pulps were almost unobtainable except at a very high price. The firmness of the market seemed to point to consumption being in excess of production, and makers showed no disposition to sell, believing that prices would go still higher. Papermakers naturally held off from buying as long as possible, but eventually were compelled to accept sellers' views. Present quotations are:Bleached sulphite, £12 to £14; unbleached sulphite (1st quality), £9 10s. to £9 15s. ; and soda pulp (1st quality), £9 5s. to £9 10s. At the end of the summer months contracts were made by papermakers extending over the next two or three years. THE mechanical wood pulp market has caused considerable uneasiness to the British papermaker. Consumers, at the beginning of the year, were confronted with quotations of £3 for moist, and £5 17s. 6d. to £6 for dry for prompt delivery, whilst for forward moist was quoted £2 5s., and dry £4 5s. to £4 10s. The price of £2 5s. was considered by Scandinavian manufacturers as being too low, and not indicating the tone of the market. British papermakers, however, held back from buying, and as fairly large quantities were offered at the beginning of April for prompt shipment and delivery over the remainder of the year, prices eased somewhat, moist, for forward, being quoted £2 to £2 5s., and dry £4 to £4 5s. During June and July there was an absence of any active demand, and sellers were more disposed to make concessions on forward contracts. With the approach of September the market developed firmness, and, in view of a likely scarcity during the winter, papermakers showed more readiness to look after their stocks. Present quotations are:£2 4s. to £2 6s. for moist, and £4 10s. to £4 12s. 6d. for dry. THE dependence of the British papermaker on Scandinavia for his wood pulp is very apparent when it is stated that over 85 per cent. of the total value of the imports is on account of the supplies from Sweden and Norway. Canada is the next country of importance competing in the British market, and some excellent grades of chemical pulps are received from Germany. In 1900 the total value of the imports into the United Kingdom was £2,617,789, and in 1904 £2,521,048, the participation of the three following countries being : 9.4 1900. Sweden... 315 per cent. Norway... 50-7 Canada From the above comparison it will be seen that Canada has lost ground in the British market. DURING the past year, however, several large shipments of Canadian mechanical have been reported to European countries. Early in the year there was received at Preston a full cargo of 3,8924 long tons from Nova Scotia, followed by other cargoes. There were also shipments to France of many thousand tons. The reports to the effect that Canadian pulps were being offered on the French and British markets at prices 5s. per ton below Scandinavian prices were attributed to the action of speculators, who, it was maintained, wished to depress the market. TWO SULPHITE mills, to produce an easy bleaching quality, are being built in Norway, viz., the Saugsbrugsforeningen, at Fredrikshald, with a capacity of 12,000 to 13,000 tons, and the Greaaker Cellulosefabrik, near Fredrikstad, with a capacity of 15,000 tons. The Tot en Cellulosefabrik started during the year, with an annual production of 11,000 tons. The annual production of the Bergvik Co., Ltd., has been brought up to 20,000 tons. A new company is that of the Aktieselskabet Fladeby Brug for the manufacture of sulphate pulp. WHEN the new Swedish cellulose mills are completed there will be a large addition to the output. The Oskarsstrom's Sulphite Co. will produce 7,000 tons per annum of an easy bleaching quality. The new sulphite mill at Kvarnsveden of the Stora Kopparberg Co., Ltd., will have a production of over 10,000 tons. It is reported that some eight or nine new sulphite mills have been planned for erection in Sweden, but the pulp will hardly come on the market before 1907. The companies formed include the Kyokebyn's Sulphite Co., Ltd., the Sundslätt Co., Ltd., to build a sulphite mill at Kraksmala in Smaland. A SPECIALITY of the Aktiebolaget Sundsvalls Trasliperi, Sundsvall, Sweden, is the production of bleached mechanical by electrolysis. The pulp is of an excellent colour, and of a good strong fibre. CONCERNING English interests in Scandinavia, Capt. Partington, acquired the shares of the Hafslund Cellulosefabrik. The KellnerPartington Paper Pulp Co. own extensive works at Borregaard, Norway. Messrs. Edward Lloyd, Ltd., proprietor of the Vittingfos and Honefos Mills, have extensive developments under consideration. Mr. A. E. Reed purchased the Follum Mill, and acquired options on timber lands. Mr. Joseph Dixon is said to have made enquiries as to the purchase of a pulp mill. BRITISH papermakers have not been induced to make any further investments in Canada. It is a well-known fact, however, that large timber lands have been acquired by Americans, including the International Paper Co., of New York, and future developments in the wood pulp industry will be chiefly owing to American enterprise. The affairs of the Cushing Sulphite Fibre Co., Ltd,. of St. John, N. B., in which Capt. Partington is interested, have frequently been before the courts. The sale of the property was several times advertised, but postponed. The Mispec pulp mill, formerly owned by the St. John Sulphite Pulp Co., Ltd. (in which Scottish papermakers were interested) has been re-started by Messrs. Stetson, Cutler and Co., with a daily capacity of 40 tons. The Miramichi Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd., of Chatham, N. B. (with Mr. James Beveridge as general manager), are producing 45 tons of sulphite daily. The Sault Ste. Marie Pulp and Paper Co. are turning out 100 tons of ground wood daily. The Chicoutimi mills have greatly increased production, the present capacity being 90,000 tons of ground wood per annum. An up-to-date mill is that owned by the Price-Porritt Pulp Co., of Quebec. The extensions at Sturgeon Falls, Ont. (Imperial Paper Mills of Canada, Ltd.), include a new sulphite mill, the Northern Sulphite Mills of Canada, Ltd., having been formed to carry out the enterprise. THE Western Canada Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd., registered with a capital of £450,000, was brought before British investors. The object was to build mills in British Columbia. Owing to a technicality the underwriters de MR. J. D. KELLY, of the Testing House of Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has conducted a number of tests of wood pulp in Canada. The object is to arrive at some solution in regard to the discrepancies in the estimation of moisture in wood pulp in Canada and in this country. Mr. Kelly visited Chicoutimi, the mills of the Lake St. John district, Shawinigin Falls, Ottawa district, and other points. With the adoption of some recognised official method it is likely that an increased importation of Canadian wood pulp into Great Britain will take place. IN regard to the vexatious question of excess moisture, the British Wood Pulp Association has done excellent service in bringing the matter before the Scandinavian Associations, and also the Papermakers' Association of Great Britain, with the object of arriving at a solution on a mutual basis, Now Ready, 46th Edition, Price 2/6 net, Fost Free. THE PAPER MILLS DIRECTORY for 1906, Containing a List of the Paper Mills in the United Kingdom, with Full Particulars of their Manufacture, the London Wholesale Stationers, the Watermarks in use, and much useful Information in connection with the Paper Trade indispensable to all connected therewith. 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