234 COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Cotton and cotton goods thereof imported into Sivitzerland, etc. Continued. 



JOHN D. WASHBURN, 



Consul- General. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE-GENERAL, 



Berne, August 27, 1889. 



TURKEY. 

 CONSTANTINOPLE. 



REPORT BY CONSUL-GENERAL PRINGLE. 



I have the honor to inclose a report upon the cotton textiles imported 

 into my consular district. I do not, however, consider the statictics 

 sufficiently trustworthy for publication, although they are the only ones 

 to be obtained. t 



Quantity and kind imported per annum: 6,016J tons; 5,534,338 

 pieces ; and 9,062,700 meters of all qualities. 



Weight per yard, varies between 4 to 6 ounces, according to quality. 



Purchased by commission. 



Place of manufacture and whence imported : All European countries, 

 and imported from same. 



Duties charged thereon : 8 per cent. 



D. LYNCH PRINGLE, 



Consul- General. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE-GENERAL, 



Constantinople, Turkey, August 6, 1889. 



