COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COl'NTKIKS. 



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Freight and expenses average 6 to 10 per cent, on the first cost. 

 As a rule these goods are bought on a credit of three months. 



t'ntton tf.rtiles \mp6rh-d tluriny the year 1889. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Funchal, November, 1889. 



THOMAS C. JONES, 



Consul. 



ST. PAUL DE LOANDA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL NEWTON. 



(1) It is difficult to ascertain the quantity imported, etc., as this is 

 more or less regulated by the prospective crop of coffee in each year. 

 As the crop is expected to be large this year, a large quantity of cotton 

 goods of all descriptions has been imported. 



(2) The weight varies according to the styles of cloth, of which there 

 are so many varieties to suit the different markets and articles of pro- 

 duce that no reliable weight can be stated. 



The principal kinds are in the following sizes, of yard, length and 

 inches width: 



Grey domestics : 10 yards, 21 inches; 12 yards, 21 inches ; 12 yards, 

 15 inches ; 30 yards, 22 inches ; 20 yards, 21 inches ; 20 yards, 27 inches; 

 30 yards, 28 inches; average cost, 4 to 5 cents per yard ; other sizes in 

 proportion. 



Striped and checked domestics: 7 yards, 21 inches; 12 yards, 27 inches; 

 18 yards, 27 inches; 18 yards, 40 inches ; 18 yards, 22inches ; 18 yards, 29 

 inches ; 4J to 6J cents per yard ; other sizes in proportion. 



Prints : 12 yards, 24 inches ; 23 yards, 28 inches ; 5 to 7 cents per 

 yard ; other sizes in proportion. 



Satin stripes: 12 yards, 24 inches ; 3J to 4 cents per yard. 



Blue baftas : 18 yards, 38 inches ; 18 yards, 40 inches ; good heavy 

 cloth ; 12 to 14 cents per yard. 



Handkerchiefs of all sorts and sizes. 



