200 COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



WEIGHT. 



The weight per yard of said articles is as follows : 



Textiles presenting 5 millimeters square, with 27 threads between chain and woof: 



Ounces. 



Raw 5 



Whitened Si- 

 Dyed 3 



Stamped 2 



HOW PURCHASED. 



The same are purchased in Italy at four and six months from date of 

 invoice, or for cash on arrival of goods, less 4 per cent, discount ; Eng- 

 land at three and four months, and cash less 2J per cent. ; France at four 

 months, and cash less 3 and 5 per cent. ; Germany at four months, and 

 cash less 3 and 5 per cent. ; Austria at six months, and cash less 5 per 

 cent. ; and so on according to agreement. 



PLACE OF MANUFACTURE. 



Those imported from Italy are manufactured at Turin, Milan, Genoa, 

 Leghorn, and Naples ; those from England, at Manchester ; from 

 France, at Lyons 5 from Austria, at Vienna ; from Germany, at Stutt- 

 gart and Chemnitz. 



* Whitened, 20 per cent, augumentation on the raw textiles. 

 Stamped, 80 lire augumentation for 100 kilograms on the whitened. 

 Dyed, 35 lire augumentation for 100 kilograms on the raw textiles. 



According tfo the statistical data during the last five years it |eems 

 that Italian textile imports had increased from 551 tons in 1884 to 1,340 

 tons in 1886, but since then commenced to decline up to last year con- 

 siderably. The same was the case with all the other importing countries 

 and especially with France, on account of the war- tariff with Italy. 



The general decline has been caused by the crisis which has for the 

 last three years greatly affected the trade of this whole island, and 

 especially this consular district, where several heavy and important fail- 

 ures have occurred, causing demoralization in commerce, loss of confi- 

 dence, trust, and credit, and a general discouragement. 



* Raw textiles mixed, with white cotton are considered as whitened. 



