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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



(3) White and colored cottons imported at Barranquilla. 



[Prices given are the prices per piece at Manchester. Duties payable by kilogram on gross weight 

 of bale, 25 per ceat. Provincial duty being added to the national tariff rate.] 



* Duty, 50 cents per kilogram ; ninth class ; purchased for cash, 

 t Duty, CO cents per kilogram ; tenth class ; purchased for cash. 



CARTHAGENA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL MAOMASTER. 



Over 550 tons (554,433 kilograms) of cotton textiles were imported 

 during the fiscal year 1889, of which a little over 1 ton (1,258 kilograms) 

 came from the United States. 



It is within my personal knowledge that American cotton goods are 

 preferred by the consumers of Colombia, but the refusal of American 

 manufacturers to cut their " prints " in pieces 30 yards long, renders 

 their sale impossible in these markets. ^ 



As all duties in Colombia are charged on the gross weight of the pack- 

 age, goods should be packed in the lightest way consistent with their 

 preservation during transport. Cotton textiles generally come in iron- 

 banded bales, with a layer of water-proof cloth (or paper) under the 

 outer sacking. When destined for the interior, the bales should strictly 

 conform in weight and size to the directions sent with the order. Table 

 A gives number of pieces a bale for this port should contain, yard- 

 age, etc. 



" Zarazas " (ordinary calicoes) must be 30 yards long and seven- 

 eighths wide, as the bulk of these goods is used by the poorer people, 

 who make three dresses from each piece of this length and width. 





