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to the first question iu your instructions regarding the quantity and 

 kind of cotton textiles imported per annum. But as there is no good 

 reason to suppose that there was a marked increase or diminution of 

 the cotton imports in 1888, or that there has been thus far in the cur- 

 rent year, the report for 1887, maybe taken as representing a fair aver- 

 age of the annual imports. 



In the following table the quantities are expressed in pounds and 

 tons instead of in yards, as the custom-house records show for cotton 

 goods kilograms only, and the weight per piece varying so widely it is 

 impossible to estimate the yards imported with any degree of accuracy : 



Countries whence imported. 



Coarse goods, plain, twilled ; fig- 

 ured cloth, double-dyed and 

 stamped, inclusive of warp and 

 woof'connted under a 6-milli- 

 meter glass. 



Up to 25 



threads. 



26 to 35 

 threads. 



36 threads 



and 

 upward. 



Transparent. 



England 



Spain 



Scotland 



Germany 



France 



Switzerland .. 



Holland 



Belgium 



Austria 



United States. 

 China 



Pounds. 

 4, 794, 944 

 23,388+ 

 37, 019+ 

 24, 389+ 



8, 837+ 

 792 



2, 017+ 

 26+ 

 858 



9, 631+ 



Pounds. 

 1, 73 9, 837 

 30, 278+ 

 70, 334 

 26. 353+ 

 60,9264- 

 22,356+ 

 402+ 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 440 

 189+ 



Pounds. 

 372, 363+ 

 255+ 

 3, 920+ 

 6,784+ 

 17, 591+ 

 1,966 

 1,553+ 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 90+ 



Pounds. 

 524, 334+: 

 466+' 

 10,922+: 

 4, 349+! 

 12,432+ 

 20,092+' 

 3,951+, 

 451 : 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 264 ! 



Pounds. 

 82, 242+ 



8 



4, 017+ 

 270+ 

 5,880+ 

 4, 615+ 

 336+ 

 1,001 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 



Total. 



Countries whence imported. 



Quilts 



and 

 piques. 



Velve- 

 teens, 

 plushes, 

 and veils. 



Tulle, 

 lace, 

 edging, 

 crochet 

 cotton. 



Pieces of 



stufffor 

 suits, -etc. 



Total value 

 in United 

 States gold. 



England 



Spain 



Scotland 



Germany 



France 



Switzerland 



Holland 



Belgium 



Austria 



United States. 

 China 



Pounds. 

 17,019+ 



22 



1,715 

 1,005+ 



226 

 Nil. 

 NiL 

 NiL 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 



Pounds. 

 4, 078+ 

 149+ 

 NiL 



803 



1,529 



22 



34? 

 9 



NiL 

 Nil. 



Pounds. 

 13,824+ 



242 

 NiL 

 2,426+ 

 1, 141+ 

 319 

 19} 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 



Pounds. 



9, 477+ 

 87, 491+ 

 Nil. 

 8,186+ 

 2,884 

 275 



Nil. 

 Nil. 

 Nil. 



Total 



Tons. 



3, 779+ 

 71+ 

 63+ 

 37+ 

 78+ 



It 



2 + 

 *35 

 *1,298 

 5+ 



$3, 310, 937. 60 



107, 316. 80 



75, 364. 80 



49, 595. 80 



93, 108. 80 



51, 056. 80 



6, 295. 20 



3, 095. 20 



24.20 



472. 00 



655.20 



4,067+ 



3,697,962.40 



* Pounds. 



Two thousand two hundred and forty-eight pounds of cotton lamp- 

 wick, valued at $490.40 (United States gold), was imported from Spain 

 during the year, and 242 pounds, yalued at $52.80, from the United 

 States; 292 pounds of cotton rubber cloth, valued at $425,60, was also 



imported flom the United States, 



