COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 11 



LIBERIA. 



REPORT XY CONSUL-GENERAL SMITH, <>F MONROVIA. 

 COTTON TEXTILES IMPORTED INTO LIBERIA. 



(1) During the fiscal year ending September 30, 1885, there were iin- 

 pcwted into the Republic 971,615 yards of cotton textiles, valued at 

 $73,114.08, of which there were imported from 



In 1886 the total imports from the above-mentioned countries, and 

 from Belgium, amounted to 923,289 yards of cotton textiles valued at 

 $71,201.40. These years may be taken as fair sample years of the im- 

 port of cotton textiles, comprising the following kinds of cotton goods : 

 Printed calicoes, shirtings, sheetings, bleached and unbleached cottons, 

 denims, tickings, domestics, printed and dyed handkerchiefs, muslins, etc. 



In the customs returns they are not classified, but simply given as 

 cotton goods. 



(2) In Liberia, imported cotton textiles are not tested by weight. 



(3) They were purchased in exchange for products of the country, viz: 

 Palm-oil, palm kernels, camwood, ivory, gold, rubber, sugar, ginger, 

 coffee, and a small portion in remittances of cash and bills. 



(4) They were manufactured in Great Britain, Germany, the United 

 States, Holland, and Belgium, and imported from the same countries. 



(5) An ad valorem duty of 10 per cent, is charged upon these goods. 



B. E. SMITH, 



Consul- General. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE GENERAL, 



Monrovia, Liberia, August 26, 1889. 



MOROCCO. 



Quantity and kind imported per annum : 11,981 bales, manufactured. 



"Weight per yard : From 4 to 5 ounces. 



Purchased by commission agents. 



Manufactured in and imported from Great Britain. 



Duties, 10 per cent. 



WM. REED LEWIS, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Tuxpan, September 19, 1889. 



