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FILES IN SPANISH AMERICA. 



PUERTO CABELLO. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL DE BLANC. 



(1) No American files are imported into this district as far as I have 

 been able to ascertain. The hardware importing business in this port 

 is limited to three firms (A. Mestern & Co., Max Keinboth & Co., and 

 L. Seidel & Co.), who also have branch houses in Valencia. A demand 

 for American files might be created by introducing and making them 

 known in this market. For that purpose I would suggest the sending 

 of samples to the above-named houses, who have assured me of their 

 willingness to import from the United States if they can do so on terms 

 as favorable as those they obtain at presentfrom the English manufact- 

 urers. 



(2) All the files imported into this district come, almost exclusively, 

 from England. The kinds imported are: bastard, half-round, flat, 

 round, and square ; taper saw files, and pit saw files. 



(3) No files of any kind are manufactured in this district. 



(4) The following list shows the prices at which the kinds of files im- 

 ported into this district are purchased by the wholesale dealers of this 

 port: 



List of prices. 



All the above are subject to 65 per cent, discount. 



(5) Custom dues in Venezuela are wholly specific, and are levied on 

 the gross weight of packages. All foreign merchandise is divided into 

 nine classes. Files are in the fourth class, and pay 75 centimes of a 

 bolivar per kilogram ($6.6346 United States currency per 100 pounds). 

 No other charges are imposed on the introduction of files into this 

 district. 



CHARLES DE BLANC, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Puerto Cabellr, October 30, 1889. 



