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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



GENOA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL FLETCHER. 



On account of the peculiar manner in which statistics are recorded by 

 officials of the Italian Government in this consular district, and the 

 different mode of levying duties on imported merchandise, as compared 

 with United States laws on such subjects and in such cases, questions 

 Nos. 1 and 4, of Department circular, relating to cotton textiles, must 

 be answered as one interrogatory. The same with interrogatories Nos. 

 2 and 5. 



Imports of cotton textiles imported into Genoa during year 1888. 



All cloth from Great Britain, Spain, and Belgium is imported by sea, 

 whereas the same class of merchandise from Austria, France, Germany, 

 and Switzerland comes by rail. 



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HOW PURCHASED 1 ? 



Three months, credit is usually given buyers of cotton textiles. 



DUTIES. 



On unbleached textiles weighing 13 kilograms or more per 100 

 square meters, and which present in a square of 5 millimeters each side, 

 adding the number of threads of the warp to those of the weft, 27 threads 

 or less, 62 lire per 100 kilograms j if more than 27 threads 74 lires per 

 100 kilograms. 



