About 12 years ago a vigorous attempt was made to introduce various industries, and two or three companies were started for the manufacture of paper. One of these survived and after a chequered existence of several years ut last succeeded in working itself out of its difficulties and within the last two years has greatly extended its works and now manufactures paper according to the modern European practice in considerable quantities, the Amount now turned out being about two English tons per day. Writing paper and various inferior papers are made, but all suitable for native use. Nothing in the least resembling European writing paper is manufactured.
MATCHES, Phe manufacture of matches is another industry which has fairly taken root, in spite of the fact that the wood and all other materials have to be imported. The first_ manufactory was started in 1880 by the Major Brothers, two gentlemen who have been connected with the introduction of many other new and useful undertakings. This concern is still flourishing and has of lute years been followed by at feast three native concerns. The matches made by all of them are small and are put up in small boxes to suit the native demand. The largest manufactory, viz. that belonging to Ching Chang, tums out 50 eases per day, each case containing 50 gross of boxes, or 860,000 boxes per day. The total output of all the factories in Shanghai is believed to be about 130 cases per day.
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