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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, 



Weight. I have no means of ascertaining the weight per yard of the 

 many different kinds. 



How purchased. The usual conditions are three months' credit, or 

 cash in fifteen days with 2 to 3 per cent, discount. 



Place of manufacture. An answer to this is found in Table A, here- 

 with. 



Duties. Table B, herewith inclosed, gives a copy of the Belgian cus- 

 toms tariff on cotton tissues. 



A. Quantities of cotton tissues imported into Anticerp during the years 1887 and 1888. 

 [As furnished by the Bureau of Finance in Brussels.] 



1 One kilogram equals 2.204.621 pounds avoirdupois. 



