COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



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PRICES. 



The present cost prices of the inclosed samples, that is, what the job- 

 ber pays the manufacturer, are as follows : 



Per meter. 



Sample 1 $0.088 



Sample 2 0785 



Sampled 119 



.0856 



Sample 4 



138 



Samples 



One meter = 1.09363 yards. 



The larger portion of cotton textiles used in Germany are manufact- 

 ured in Alsace ami Lorraine. 



ANDREW F. FAY, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Stettin, July 10, 1889. 



HOLLAND. 



REPORT BY CONSVL ECKSTEIN, OF AMSTERDAM. 



The custom -house records and returns and the statistics published 

 by the department of finance do not state the quantity of cotton 

 textiles imported, but they do show their value. 



The reason for this, as explained to me, is that the duty upon manu- 

 factures of cotton is payable and assessed upon their value. 



VALUE OF IMPORTS. 



The following statement shows the value (in florins) of manufact- 

 ures of cotton into Holland during the years 1886, 1887, and 1888, and 

 the countries whence imported, viz : 



