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RIO DE JANEIRO. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL- GENERAL DOCKERY. 



(1) There is no demand for American files. 



(2) Files are imported from England and Germany. 



(3) Files are not manufactured here. 



(4) I can not obtain much information in regard to your fourth ques- 

 tion. A short time ago the leading importers here attempted to intro* 

 duce American tiles for Henry Diston & Sons, of the Keystone works. 

 It was asserted that American files were as good or better than others, 

 but prices were too high. The trade here demands cheap files, even if 

 of inferior quality. There is a general complaint that American manu- 

 facturers will not make goods suitable to this market. 



The Troy price-list of files is very much above prices paid in Eng- 

 land and Germany. This company must make a large reduction, even 

 if they make files of inferior quality, before they can sell here. 



O. H. DOCKERY, 



Consul- General. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE-GENERAL, 



Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 5, 1889. 



RIO GRANDE DO SUL. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL BENNINGTON. 



As the only industry of this country of which it is worth while to 

 speak is grazing, the demand for files of any kind or origin is naturally 

 very limited, and unless there should occur great changes in the in- 

 auguration of manufacturing industries the present demand will not 

 soon be increased. 



By reference to the records of foreign imports for the civil year 1888, 

 custom-house of Eio Grande do Sul, one box of files only appears to 

 have been despatched ; the number or kind of files it contained is not 

 given. 



The railway machine-shops, Southern Brazilian. Eio Grande and 

 Bagd line, a small foundry and machine repair shop in this city 3 a 

 small government arsenal, and a foundry and machine-shop in Porto 

 Alegre, all quite small in their way, are the only establishments of the 

 kind in this province so far as can be ascertained. 



The railway shops use English files, furnished direct from England 

 by the company which owns and controls the road. 



American files are unknown. All importations in this line are from 

 England and Germany. 



