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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



FRANCE. 

 HAVRE. 



REPORT BY CONSUL VUFAIS. 



The official figures of the importations for the year 1888 are not yet 

 published, but by the courtesy of the collector of the port I am enabled 

 to send you herewith a full list* of last year's importations of cotton 

 articles, such as cloths, calicoes, tickings, embroidered goods, curtains, 

 laces, etc., in kilograms (of 2.20 pounds), specifying the countries from 

 which imported, the flag under which they came, those in transit for the 

 interior under the head of general commerce, etc., those for local con- 

 sumption under that of special commerce, and duties collected here on 

 the latter. 



The total importations into Havre sum up as follows for 



*H"ot yet made up. 



The importations for local consumption are so insignificant, all for re- 

 tail stores, that I have found it impossible to get at the weight of cot- 

 ton cloth per yard. 



F. F. DUFAIS, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Havre, France, July 31, 1889. 



MARSEILLES. 



REPORT BY OONSUL MASON. 

 IMPORTS. 



The trade in cotton manufactures at Marseilles is relatively unimpor- 

 tant, being principally confined to landing the goods from vessel or 

 railway and re-shipping them to the remote countries which are reached 

 by the extensive system of steam-ship lines which lias its focus at this 

 port. Taking, as an example, the commerce of 1888, we find that of 

 5,560,289 kilos of cotton textiles imported here by sea and rail, only 

 122,960 kilos, or one forty-fifth part of the whole amount, was entered 

 for local consumption, while 5,437,329 kilos were reshipped abroad. 



The same proportion exists in the imports of preceding years, as the 

 following table will show : 



* Table not in shape for publication. 



