COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 235 



UNITED KINGDOM. 

 LONDON. 



REPORT BY CONSUL-GENERAL NEW. 



Referring to Department of State circular of May 27, 1889, directing 

 a report to be made on the importation of cotton textiles into this dis- 

 trict, I regret to have to report that I find it is impossible to obtain the 

 particulars required. The value of cotton manufactures imported into 

 London in 1888 was $2,850,790, but no further details can be ascer- 

 tained. 



I transmit copy of letter received from Mr. R. Griffin, of the board of 



trade, on this subject. 



JOHN C. NEW, 



Consul- General. 

 UNITED STATES CONSUL ATE -GENERAL, 



London, August 16, 1889. 



Mr. Ctiffin to Consul- General New. 

 [Inclosnre in Conaul-General New's report.] 



BOARD OP TRADE, COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT, 



London, S. W., July 6, 1889. 



SIR : With reference to your letter of the 1st instant, asking for certain information 

 respecting the imports of cotton textiles to London, I am directed by the board of 

 trade to state that they regret that they are not in a position to be of much assistance 

 to you in the matter. The detailed particulars you require are not available from the 

 official returns, and the board can only refer you for information, to the gross value of 

 the imports of cotton manufactures into the port of London, to the figures contained 

 in the volumes of the Annual Statement of the trade of the United Kingdom. Accord- 

 ing to the last issue of this statement, the value of cotton manufactures imported into 

 London from abroad in 1888 was 572,158 pounds. 



R. GlFFIN. 



LIVERPOOL. 



REPORT BY CONSUL SHERMAN. 



I have to acknowledge the receipt of circular of instructions, dated 

 May 27, 1889, directing consular officers to report upon the cotton tex- 

 tiles imported into their districts, covering points specified. 



The receipts of cotton goods in this district are so very small, com- 

 paratively, as to make a detailed reply by me to the circular almost, if 

 not quite, unnecessary, and only one of the questions can be directly 

 answered without considerable expense. 



THOMAS H. SHERMAN, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Liverpool, August 27, 1889. 



