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FILES IN SPANISH AMERICA. 



I give the following as the wholesale prices of English files, by the 

 dozen here, according to the best obtainable information. What the 

 importers pay for their files in England I am unable to say : 



The foregoing prices are subject to a discount of 10 per cent. I ap- 

 plied to a German importing hardware establishment in this city for 

 information respecting prices, but was informed that they imported 

 no German files, but that German files ranged from 10 to 15 per cent, 

 cheaper than English manufacture. 



By the special tariff for this province the duty on files is 27 cents per 

 kilogram and the official value, according to a raz&o of 48 per cent., is 

 1.020 reis, or about 55 cents ; the storage, according to this rate of razao 

 on each kilogram, will be one-half of 1 per cent, of the official value 

 for the first month, which must be paid if goods do not remain in the 

 custom-house one hour. . 



The prices and tariff referred to are based upon a rate of 54 cents 

 United States gold to 1,000 reis Brazilian currency, the ruling sight 

 rate of exchange on London this date. 



LEBBEUS G. BENNINGTON, 

 Consul 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Rio Grande do 8ul, November 6, 1889. 



CHILI. 



COQUIMBO. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL GRIJSRSON. 



It is impossible to give the amount of files imported here, as all iron 

 articles are simply described as iron goods, and when dispatched from 

 the custom-house are weighed and valued at 30 cents per kilogram, 

 the duty being 15 per cent, on this quantity with a recargo on account 

 of exchange of 37 per cent., which is diminishing 1 per cent, monthly. 



J. GRIERSON, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 

 Coquimlo, November 14, 1889. 



