COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



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LISBON. 



REPORT BY VIOE-CONSUL-QENERAL WILBOR. 



I have to report that no custom-house returns of cotton textiles im- 

 ported into this Kingdom are procurable of a later date than 1887. 

 These returns give no details of length or weight per yard nor of place 

 ot manufacture. They treat only of weight, gross amount of duty col- 

 lected thereon, and country from whence imported. 



IMPORTS. 



Declared value and duty collected on imports. 



* Millreis, equal $1.08. 



Weight. No returns per yard exist. Gross weight only given. 



How purchased. Mainly on orders given to commercial travelers ; no 

 goods sent on consignment. 



Place of manufacture. No " place of manufacture " given. Countries 

 from which the largest importation is made are : 



Millreia. 



Great Britain , .. 2,056,074 



Germany 279,050 



France 193,651 



Belgium 26,896 



United States 49,582 



Duties charged : 

 Open textures, laces, and insertings, duty per kilogram in United States money f 1. 62 



Op>n textures, barege, duty per kilogram in United States money 64 



Open textures, tarlatan webbing, common tulle, crinoline, and similar text- 

 ures 16 



Fine veiling, bobinet, tulle, and similar goods 1. 18 



Open textures not specified plain 1. 18 



Open textures not specified worked 1. 62 



Transparent textures, muslins, and cambric, unbleached 21 



Transparent textures, muslins, and cambric, white 25 



Transparent textures not specified T , , 75 



