COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



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"cotton textiles imported into Syria during the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1889," as it was possible under the circumstances to secure: 



Quantity and kind of cotton textiles imported per annum into Beirut from July 1, 1888, to 



June 30, 1889. 



Gray cloth, 800,000 pieces, length 24 yards each, width 20 to 42 inches, 

 price from 14 to 23 cents per pound, or 74 cents to $2.22 per piece (put 

 up in bales from 200 to 300 pieces) $1,184,000 



Gray shirtings, 200,000 pieces, length 36 to 38 yards each, width 33 to 50 

 inches, price from 14 to 25 cents per pound, or $1.36 to $'2.73 per piece 

 (in bales from 200 to 300 pieces) 409,000 



Bleached shirtings and sheetings, 200,000 pieces, length 39 to 40 yards, 

 width 31 to 38 inches most desirable breadth 35 inches price from 

 $1.42 to $4 per piece (pnt up in bales of 100 pieces) 542, 000 



Prints (printed calico), 400,000 pieces, length 40 to 50 yards, width 20 to 

 32 inches most salable breadth 27 to 28 inches price from 4 to 12 

 cents per yard weight varies considerably (in bales of 150 pieces) 1, 440. 000 



Muslins and tanjibs, 100,000 pieces, 10 to 20 yards long (width of muslins 

 18 to 42 inches, width of taujibs, 30 to 42 inches), price from 35 to 89 

 cents per piece (weight varies considerably) 62,000 



Yarns bleached, Turkey-red and dyed (water-twist) 300,000 bundles, 

 from No. 12 to 24, reeled into skeins, put up in 10-pound bundles, price 

 from $1.42 to $3. 10 per bundle 678,000 



Sashes, scarfs, handkerchiefs, towels, napkins, belts, stockings, head- 

 coverings (keffiyehs mendils), clothes of different sizes for the peasants, 

 and sundry other cotton fabrics (of these about 500 cases, at $160 a 

 case, or $80,000, are cloths in various sizes, selling at from 2.8 cents to 

 8 cents per piece) 165,000 



Total 4,480,000 



Amount of cotton textiles imported during the same period into 



Alexandretta, including A-leppo, An tioch, etc 5, 318, 000 



Mersine, including Adana, Tarsus, etc 900, 000 



Haifa, including Nazareth, Nablus, etc . 52,000 



Tripoli, Latakia, and all other Syrian ports, about 300,000 



Total 6,570,000 



RECAPITULATION : 



Beirut, including Damascus, etc 4,480,000 



Rest of Syria 6,570,000 



Total for Syria 11,050,000 



For a more comprehensive and fuller understanding of this trade ' 

 with Beirut, the imports for the past ten years are appended herewith : 



Imports of cotton textiles into Beirut during the years of 1879-'80 to 1888-'89, inclusive 



(years ending June 30). 



Tears. 



Amount. 



Years. 



Amount. 



1879-'80.. 

 1880-'81... 

 1881-'82.. 

 1882-'?3.. 

 1883- ; 84.. 

 1884-'85.. 



$4, 698, 332 

 4, 833, 740 

 4, 486, 347 

 4, 486, 300 

 4, 7IC, 000 

 4, 950, 000 

 5,800,000 



18*6-'87. 

 18*7-'88. 

 1888-'89. 



Total for Beirut. 

 Average 



$4. 003, 000 

 4, 226, 000 

 4, 480, 000 



46, 673, 719 

 4, 667, 372 



