COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Fancy Cotton. (I) Towels. (3) Jacquard. (3) Damasks. (4) Quilts. 



No actual idea can be formed of the weight per yard of cotton, so 

 varied is the quantity and texture, from fine muslin to maddapolum. 



It is purchased in bales in the following manner: 



Ordinary cottons in bales containing from 80, 100, to 250 pieces of 7, 

 8, 10, 12, 18, 24. 36 and 40 yards. 



Imitation of American cotton sheeting costs in Manchester (place of 

 manufacture) from 3 to 5 cents per yard. 



Osnaburg in pieces of 30 to 50 yards cost 13s. per 40 yards. Shirt- 

 ings in bales of 100 to 300 pieces of 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 24, 30, and 40 yards, 

 cost from 2 to 6 cents per yard. 



Bafts in bales of 200 to 300 pieces of 8, 10, 12, 14 yards, cost 4 to 8 cents 

 per yard. 



India bafts or pondicherry, bales of 80 pieces from 13 to 14 yards. 



Checks in bales of 150 to 300 pieces of 8, 10, 12 yards, from 3 to 10 cents 

 per yard. 



Prints in bales of 50 to 250 pieces of 8, 10, 12 yards, from 3 to 8 cents 

 per yard. 



Madras handkerchiefs in bales of 200 to 400 pieces of 8 to 12 hand- 

 kerchiefs, cost from 3*. to 18s. per dozen. 



Cotton handkerchiefs in cases and bales of 250 to 500 pieces, from Is. 

 9d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen handkerchiefs. 



Muslin in cases of 200 pieces of 10 and 12 yards, cost 2s. 3d. to 3s. per 

 12 yards. 



Pagnes in pieces of 1 pair in bales of 150 to 250 pieces, cost from Is. 3d. 

 to 7s. per pair. 



Cottons are generally imported from Manchester, Lancashire, Eng- 

 land. 



The following table will show quantity, description, and customs value 

 of cotton imported into the colony of Sierra Leone from 1879 to 1888. 



Cotton goods imported into the colony of Sierra Leone from 1879->88. 



I Description : (1) Gray or unbleached cottons. <2) White cottons, such as shirtings, etc. (3) Blue 

 balta. (4) Striped or printed cottons. 



Duty is not levied on cotton goods by quantity. By ordinance No. 

 13, of December 30, 1887, cotton goods are made subject to an ad val- 

 orem duty of 5 per cent, in addition to wharfage duty at the rate of 10s. 

 per ton. 



