COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 83 



FRENCH WEST INDIES. 



GUADELOUPE. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL BARTLETT. 



On the receipt of circular, I immediately addressed myself to the chief 

 collector of customs of this colony, who graciously sent me all the in- 

 formation it was in his power to give. 



His reply and statistical statement I have the honor to transmit here- 

 with to the Department. 



I will endeavor to answer the interrogatories above mentioned ac- 

 cording to the best information I have obtained from the collector of 

 customs and importers. 



There has been imported to the value of 1,062,658 francs worth, during 

 the year 1888. There is imported of all the kinds that are manufactured 

 in France, England, Belgium, and Switzerland, excepting unbleached 

 cotton. 



Most every kind has a different weight, impossible to ascertain. 



Most all these goods are purchased in France, England, Belgium, and 

 Switzerland, on credit, mostly through merchants in Paris. 



The greater part of these goods is manufactured in England and 

 France, and smaller portion in Belgium and Switzerland. Most of these 

 goods are sent to France, where they are admitted in bond and re- 

 shipped on board the French transatlantic steamers for this colony. A 

 small quantity only comes direct from England by the English royal 

 mail steamers. 



Duties charged thereon are 10 per cent, ad valorem. 



CHARLES BARTLETT, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 

 Guadeloupe, August 8, 1889. 



Mr. Laure to Consul Bartlett. 



BASSE-TERRE, July 9, 1889. 



Mr. CONSUL: lu reply to your honored demand of the 2d instant, I beg to point 

 out in the statement hereunto annexed, all concerning the introductions of cotton 

 textiles during the year 1888, such as stated by the commercial balance for the pres- 

 ent year. 



The customs service do not possess informations more complete than these on the 

 trade of cotton textiles in the colony, but it is a well-known fact that France, Eng- 

 land, Belgium, and Switzerland are the markets from which all the products of that 

 kind are imported. 



Please accept, Mr. Consul, the assurance of my most distinguished feelings. 



L. LAUKE, 

 The Inspector, Chief of Customs Service, 



