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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



CHINA. 



CHIN KIANG. 



Table of cotton goods imported at Chin Kiang (from Shanghai and Hong-Kong) during 



1888. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Chin K.iang, November 8, 1889. 



A. C. JONES, 



Consul. 



FOO-CHOW. 



REPORT BY CONSUL CAMPBELL. 

 COTTON TEXTILES IN CHINA. 



The principal imports from foreign countries into China are received 

 first at Hong-Kong and Shanghai and from thence are carried by 

 coasting vessels to other points and find their way into the country 

 Regular communication by steam-ships and sail vessels is kept up be- 

 tween the great shipping centers of the world and these two ports. 

 The carrying trade with foreign country is largely done through this 

 medium, coasting vessels 3 however, run regularly from these points to 



