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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



FEINTS (CALICOES). 



BKOWN COTTONS (LIKE UNBLEACHED). 



a Weight of cloth taken after drying at 212 Fall. 



FHANCIS WATTS, F. C. S., 



Government Analyst. 



GOVERNMENT LABORATORY, 



Antigua, West Indies, August 17, 1889. 



ANGUILLA. 

 REPORT BY CONSULAR AGENT RET. 



It seems impossible, even after a careful examination, to arrive at a 

 correct estimate of the quantity, expressed in yards, of the cotton goods 

 imported into this island, for the reason that almost every boat and 

 sloop trading to the neighboring islands brings back goods bought by 

 the crew for the use of their friends or family, and wnen entered their 

 values alone are given. Exact figures being therefore out of the ques- 

 tion, we must depend for information on the subject on as close an ap- 

 proximation as may be made in the circumstances. 



All cotton fabrics imported here for the year ending 30th June, ul- 

 timo, with exception of a small parcel of blue and of white ducks, of the 

 value of $250, from the United States via St. Thomas, were manufact- 

 ured in Manchester, and imported from London via St. Kitts, and con- 

 sisted of prints, shirtings, domestics or greys, checks, lawns, lace, and 

 trimmings. 



The goods are usually paid for in three months, but the shippers al- 

 low very indulgent terms to the buyers who, besides freight and charges, 

 pay an ad valorem duty of 8 per cent, on all importations. 



During the year under review July 1, 1888, to June 30, 1889 there 

 were imported by the regular dealers 62,432 yards of cotton goods, vary- 

 ing in weight between 2 and 3J ounces per yard, and in width between 

 27 and 36 inches, and 4,000 yards of cotton lace and trimming. And, as 



