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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



It is seen that iii all cases cotton goods imported to this country pay 

 a specific duty graded according to certain limits of weight per 100 

 square meters, and all entries in French ports being recorded in weights 

 withoutregard to measurement, it has been found impossible toascertaiu 

 the weight per yard of any of the textiles passing through this port in 

 transit. In tbe table of quantities entered for consumption at this poet 

 during the year 1888 the classification is based upon the rates of duty 

 applied to the imports from each country. 



Imports during 1888, including quantities shipped in transit to other countries. 



Cotton fabrics entered for consumption at Marseilles during the. year 1888. 



