COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 57 



those papers sbonld be willing to submit them to the prolonged exam- 

 ination that would be necessary. 



The " linens and cottons n imported into British Guiana during the 

 year 1888 amounted to 5,108 packages a package of cotton goods con- 

 sisting of from 10 to 25 pieces of 40 to 50 yards each. The value of the 

 whole, $609,703.85 Of this total, the United Kingdom furnished 4,861 

 packages, valued at $592,100.85. an'd the United States furnished 212 

 packages, valued at $16,051.28. The remaining 35 packages, valued at 

 $1,542.72, were chiefly from the British West Indies, though partly 

 from other countries and colonies. 



(2) The weight per yard, not being an element either in the purchase 

 or sale of the goods, cannot be ascertained. 



(3) The goods are purchased by the yard in pieces of 40 to 50 yards 

 each. 



(4) The British goods (cottons) are manufactured in Manchester and 

 other places in Lancashire, England, and imported thence. The cot- 

 ton goods from the United States are generally imported from New 

 York or Baltimore. As far as can be ascertained, they are manu- 

 factured chiefly in South Carolina, but partly in Massachusetts. 



(5) The duty on all linen and cotton goods is 7 per cent, ad valorem. 



W. T. WALTHALL, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Demerara, August 26, 1889. 



DUTCH GUIANA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL BROWNE, OF PARAMARIBO. 



I am nnable to state the quantity of cotton textiles imported in this 

 colony per annum, as no separate account of such is kept at the cus- 

 tom house office in this city. 



The different kinds imported are, as far as I could learn, known under 

 the names : Long cloth, croyden, shirting, unbleached cotton, twilight- 

 cotton, and madapolanas. 



I could not succeed in learning the weight per yard, as of the above- 

 named kinds different qualities are imported, and the merchants are 

 not inclined to give such minute information. 



The cotton textiles used in this colony are shipped at the ports of 

 Glasgow, London, and Amsterdam, and are manufactured in Manches- 

 ter and Liverpool. 



The duties charged on cotton textiles are : 10 per cent, of the amount 

 of first cost-price (packing, insurance, commission, etc., not included) 



