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TALCAHUANO. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL VAN INGEN. 



The importation of files into this consular district is very limited, and 

 there is not sufficient business done in that article in this market to in- 

 terest American exporters. The trade is so small that it would be very 

 difficult to give the information required by the circular. 



I have no doubt the Valparaiso consulate, which is more of a center 

 in the hardware business, will forward with much greater facility the 

 requisite in formation, and that will apply to the whole country. 



J. F. VAN INGKEN, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Talcahuano, October 29, 1889. 



DUTCH GUIANA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL BROWNE. 



There are no American files in use in this colony at the present time. 

 A demand for such may be created by the American manufacturers 

 forwarding their illustrated price-lists and sample-cards to the prin- 

 cipal hardware dealers in this colony, P. A. Bruggemanu, L. C. Leef- 

 maus, J. de la Parra, and Beelfs Bros. 



The following is a list of the different kinds of files in use in this 

 colony, imported from England and Germany : 



Taper saw files, 3 to 6 inch ; four square bastard file, 8 to 14 inch ; 

 flat bastard file, 8 to 18 inch ; flat file, second cut, 8 to 18 inch ; flat file, 

 smooth, 8 to 18 inch; flat file, dead-smooth, 8 to 18 inch; half-round 

 bastard file, 8 to 20 inch; second cut, smooth, 8 to 20 inch ; dead-smooth, 

 round bastard file, 8 to 10 inch; second cut, smooth, dead-smooth, half 

 bastard equaling file, smooth and bastard; knife-files, smooth and 

 bastard; rasp-files; shoe-makers' files; wood-rasps; cabinet files; 

 taper saw files, 3 to 6 inch ; frame saw files 6 to 7 inch. These are the 

 files mostly in use in this colony, while there is little demand for the 

 following : Square blunt file, 4 to 6 inch ; entering file, smooth and 

 bastard, 8-inch ; taper lopping file, 6 to 12 inch ; topping file, 12-inch ; 

 mill saw file, 8 to 16 inch ; needle file, 8 to 16 inch ; round-off tile, 8 to 

 16 inch. 



Files are not manufactured in this colony. 



