Owing to tho paper shortage arransoJments have been made for the collection of used exercise hooks from thn elementary schools, in Kent. These old Tionks are worth from £4 to £8 a ton. :ind aro repulncd to provido material ?or tho nianufacturo' of new exoreiso Tiooks. Here aro some progressive figures, '.vhich show what tho war has meant s'n the way of a "golden time" to America. Each set of figures relates io the first eight months of the year mentioned:—lDl'l: Imports, £264,000,000; exports. £268.000,000. 1915: Im- ' lEorts £239,000,000; exports, £457,1500,000. 1916: Imports, £347,000,000; imports, £707,000,000.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3004, 15 February 1917, Page 5
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96Untitled Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3004, 15 February 1917, Page 5
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