COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 18 



standing, to avail himself of the privilege of the longer credit, which is 

 frequently extended and consists of four months. 



Cotton textiles are generally bought of commission bouses or mer- 

 chants who send their travelers with sample collections. 



Large buyers often go into the market or send on their orders. 



PLACE OF MANUFACTURE. 



The particular places where the goods are manufactured in the dif- 

 ferent foreign countries and imported into Holland have not been pointed 

 out to me, although I endeavored to procure the information as to 

 whence the same are produced. I have been able to ascertain only that 

 the bulk of the imports from England are turned out at Manchester 

 and Glasgow. Some of the better qualities of printed goods imported 

 from Germany are made at different places in Alsace and in Baden. 



At certain places in Belgium and in Switzerland are manufactured 

 some of the articles which enter this country for consumption. 



As to whence cotton goods are imported into Holland I would refer 

 to the previous tabular statement in answer to the first point. 



DUTIES CHARGED. 



All manufactures of cotton as well as those of part wool and cotton 

 are dutiable at the rate of 5 per cent, ad valorem. 



Exempt from duty are raw and unbleached cottons which are in- 

 tended for the domestic print-works, and also sail-cloth for ship's use. 

 Cotton yarns are admitted free of duty; woolen yarns more than 

 double twisted (tweedraads) pay 3 per cent, on their value. 



D. ECKSTEIN, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Amsterdam, September 6, 1889. 



ITALY. 



REPORT BY CONSUL-GENERAL BOURN'. 



In response to your circular of May 27*, 1889, requesting reports 

 upon cotton textiles imported into this district, I have the honor to re- 

 port as follows, and to submit the accompanying tables taken from offi- 

 cial and other sources. Statistics pertaining to importations into the 

 entire consular district are not accessible, as distinct from importations 

 into the entire kingdom. I have therefore collected the importations 

 into the Provinces of Rome-Cagliari and Sassari, which constitute, how- 

 ever, only a part of this consular district, to which I have added the 

 statistics for the kingdom. 



Italy has no complete official statements of cotton industries, but ac- 

 cording to an unofficial report there are about 047 cotton factories with 



