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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



of same width: Warregan Mills No. 1, of Pawtucket, K. L, and white, 

 and brown drills. These are favorites among the native population, 

 and preferred to any of European manufacture. 



The weight per yard is not obtainable for the reasons already stated. 



Cotton goods from the United States are purchased through commis- 

 sion-houses in New York. 



The place of manufacture and whence imported is included in the 

 general statement of the custom house under the reply to the first inter- 

 rogatory of the Department's circular. 



The duties on cotton goods imported into this republic are levied 

 upon the gross weight of the packages, including boxes and coverings, 

 and not per yarcj. They vary from 20 cents per pound for cotton sheet- 

 ings and its kind, to 30 cents for white calicoes. 



JAMES R. HOSMER, 



Consul General. 



UNITED STATES CONSUL ATE- GENERAL, 



Guatemala, July 31, 1889. 



SAN SALVADOR. 



REPORT BY CONSUL TUNSTALL. 

 IMPORTS. 



In compliance with directions I have prepared and have the honor to 

 submit the following report upon the cotton textiles imported into this 

 consular district during the year 1888. 



The number of packages or bales and the countries whence imported 

 were as follows : 



England 13,715 



United States 1,854 



France 768 



Germany 700 



Italy 220 



These packages or bales are constituted each of fifty and sixty pieces, 

 and each piece contains so many yards of a given witdh, varying as per 

 the following table: 



These bales of domestics or cotton textiles present the shape or bulk 

 in which these importations are shipped, and the weight per yard may 



