COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



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It is almost impossible to arrive at a practical estimate of the quan- 

 tity of cotton textiles imported from eastern Canada annually. One of 

 the dealers, the most intelligent and the heaviest, puts it at $100,000 

 value ; others, again, place it at a less figure, and most of them can 

 give no statement. 



ROBT. J. STEVENS, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Victoria, June 27, 1889. 



ONTARIO. 



FORT ERIE. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL WHELAN. 



The importation of cotton fabrics, of which entry is made at the port 

 of Fort Erie, is insignificant (as this is not a distributing point), and con- 

 sists of small quantities brought in from the United States by a few 

 retail dealers and by families for private use. Such goods coming into 

 Canada at this point go through in bond, and entry is made at Hamil- 

 ton, Brantford, London, St. Thomas, and other interior ports of entry. 

 The cotton textiles of which entry is made here are manufactured in 

 the United States and are imported from Buffalo. There are no direct 

 importations from any other country, dealers being supplied from Ham- 

 ilton, Toronto, and Montreal. 



The following tables show the kind, quantity, and value of manufact- 

 ures of cotton imported aud entered at Fort Erie for the fiscal years ended 

 June 30, 1886, 1887, 1888, aud 1889, and the rate of duty charged thereon : 



