250 FILES IN SPANISH AMERICA. 



MEXICO. 



LA PAZ. 



REPORT BY CONSUL VIOSOA. 



Ill acknowledgment of receipt of circular dated August 28, 1889, 

 wherein the Department of State, for the benefit of the file manufact- 

 urers of the United States, desires to be informed as per interrogatories 

 within contained of the extent of the demand for American files, etc., 

 I have the honor, in obedience with the said instructions, to say that the 

 demand for files is here limited to insignificance ; the small supply re- 

 quired for this market is imported from San Francisco. 



No industry in the form of iron and wood manufacture has as yet 

 found its way into this country. Mining is also very limited ; therefore 

 it makes it impossible to give a formal reply to the questions contained 

 in the aforesaid interrogatories. 



JAS. YIOSCA, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



La Paz, Mexico, October 26, 1889. 



MAZATLAN. 

 REPORT OF CONSUL KELTON. 



(1) There is some demand for American files in this district. They 

 are considered superior to English files but are said to cost more. 



(2) Files are imported from England, Germany, and the United States. 

 The total value of the importations does not exceed $1,500 per annum. 



(3) No files are manufactured in this district. 



(4) I am informed that the prices of files imported from England and 

 Germany are 60 and 10 per cent, lower than the prices quoted in the 

 Troy list inclosed with the circular. 



EDWARD G. KELTON, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Mazatlan, Mexico, October 1, 1889. 



PIEDRAS NEGRAS. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL FECHET. 



The demand for American files in this district is very small, being lim- 

 ited to the machine-shops of the Mexican International Railway. The 

 few mining companies that employ machinery use a small number of 

 files ; as more work shops are erected the demand for files will increase. 



