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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



in the latter. These omissions, principally mining fuse (No. 4), will ac. 

 count for the difference of 397 kilograms between the tables Nos. 1 and 

 2. The limited space devoted to this report must exclude the mention 

 of all and every article in the respective classes. The duty paid per 

 kilogram on gross weight of packages is the national tariff j the ad- 

 ditional 25 per cent, is the provincial. 



Table No. 3 comprises the data furnished by the principal importers 

 of white goods and prints. Without making a full and complete list of 

 ail the fancy names in use, I have endeavored to present an average 

 variety in grade and quality. The names or brands are placed upon 

 the goods at the option of the purchaser when ordering, or stencil plates 

 are furnished by desire of the purchaser importing them. The same 

 class that one house maybe selling as "KosaBlanca" or "Coloinbi- 

 ana," may be "Elephante" or " La Lola" with another. 



In prints, purple tints prevail, 30 yards to the piece the general rule. 



The retail trader buys by the piece, but sells by the "varra;" the 

 " varra " varies according to the distance from the coast towns. 



In remote, sparsely settled districts it often shrinks to 28 inches, but 

 30 and 32 inches are the ordinary retail measurements. 



S. M. WHELPLEY, 

 Vice- Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Barranquilla, August 7, 1888. 



(1) Cotton fabrics imported in 1888. 

 [Record of Barranquilla custom-house.] 



