56 COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



not exceeding two months will be 4.16 per cent, of the duty charged = 

 for each month not exceeding four months, 8.32 per cent. ; for each 

 month not exceeding six months, 12.48 per cent. ; and for each month 

 exceeding six months, 16.64 per cent, of the duty ; so under a duty of 

 20 cents per kilogram the storage would in six months amount to 99.84 

 per cent, of the duty. On articles paying a duty of 20 cents per kilo- 

 gram would be due for storage at the end of six months the sum of 19.96 

 cents per kilogram. The duty on articles followed by 15 per cent.razao 

 pay for each month not exceeding two, 3.33 per cent, of the duty ; for each 

 month not exceeding four, 6.66 per cent.; for each month not exceed- 

 ing six, 10 per cent., and for each month over six, 13.33 per cent. 



By calculation it will be found that the storage for each month not 

 to exceed two equals 0.5 per cent, of the official value of the goods ; for 

 each month not exceeding four, 1 per cent, of official value; for each 

 month not exceeding six, 1.5 per cent, of official value, and for each 

 month exceeding six, 2 per cent, of official value of the goods. There 

 are some minor expenses connected directly with the act of dispatching 

 goods from the custom-houses, but if regulated by law the regulations 

 are not generally followed, and I am unable to give information on that 

 point. 



LEBBEUS G. BENNINGTON, 



Consul 



UNITED STA.TES CONSULATE, 



Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, July 29, 1889. 



BRITISH GUIANA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL WALTHALL, OF DEMERARA. 



A circular from the Department of State, dated May 27, 1889, calls 

 for information relative to cotton textiles imported into this consular 

 district (as well as others), in reply to the following questions: 



1. Quantity and kind imported per annum? 



2. Weight per yard ? 



3. How purchased f 



4. Place of manufacture "and whence imported? 



5. Duties charged thereon ? 



(1) No definite answer can be made to the first query, for the reason 

 that the custom-house records include "linens and cottons" under 

 one caption, without distinction between the two classes of goods, and 

 it would be impracticable to ascertain the proportion of each without a 

 close and minute examination of the original invoices a task which 

 would require much time and labor, even if the officers iii charge of 



