EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated
February 7, 1997, which appears in the 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders of
Union Camp Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in Union Camp
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
Statement Schedule, which is listed in Item 14(a)(2) of such Annual Report on
Form 10-K. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading 'Experts' in
such Prospectus.
 
                                          PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 
Morristown, NJ
October 20, 1997