COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 129 



Quantities and values of cotton textile fabrics imported into Bombay, etc. Continued. 



* One rupee = 32.3 cents. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Bombay, July 26, 1889. 



B. F. FABNHAM, 



Consul. 



CEYLON. 



REPORT BY VICE-CONSUL PATERSON. 



(1) The quantity imported per annum is about 3,000,000 pieces. 



(2) The weight per yard depends on the kind. Gray shirting, for 

 instance, varies from 7 to 12 pounds per piece of 30 yards. 



(3) They are purchased by the piece. 



(4) They are manufactured chiefly in and imported frqm the United 

 Kingdom and British India. 



(5) The duty charge is 5 per cent. 



W. B. PATERSON, 



Vice-Consul, 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Colombo, September 2, 1889. 

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