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fair, M. Baroche's idea of selecting, as he had done, the
highest quotations as his basis." The other members
minutely investigated samples of goods, entering into ana-
lysis of prices and weights in corroboration of previous sug-
gestions. The results were handed to Mr. Cobden at the
close of the sitting, at five o'clock ; and during the evening
the deputies learned that M. Baroche's scheme was deemed
"minute, diffusive, and complicated." The deputies re-
solved to oppose it to the utmost.

Tho deputies submitted patterns of cotton manufactures
under four classifications for revenue purposes. The fol-
lowing was the scheme, with appended remarks:—
"Class No. 1 : Consisted of shirtings, domestics, prin-
ters, long cloths, T cloths, sail cloths, tent cloth, madapol-
lams, in all their varieties comprising, as they conceived,
75 per cent. of the weight of the entire cotton manufacture.
No. 2: Consisted of jacconets for printing, India mulls,
and other light medium fabrics, constituting about 10 per
cent. of the bulk of manufacture.

No. 3 : Consisted of velveteens, moleskins, velvets, cords,
dimities, and quiltings, being about 10 per cent, of the
manufacture.

" No. 4: Consisting of fine plain muslin and jacconet,
book, hair, cord, and damask, comprising about 5 per cent.
of the manufacture.

" The four classes above noted form the entire cotton
manufacture of Great Britain.

" The above classes may be characterised as follows, in
relation to the fabrics and their market value .

" Class 1: Consists of goods weighing over two ounces
per square yard. The cost of the raw material varies from
6d. to 61. d. per lb., being an average of 61d. The cost of
the manufacture varies from 51d. to 9d., and the selling
price from 12d. to 15d. per lb.—Note : Upon a reconside-
ration of the subject of this class, and to meet as far as
practicable the views of M. Baroche, it was agreed to ar-
range the above goods class No. 1, and place them under
two categories. Those weighing 11 kilos. per 100 square
metres in one category, and those weighing from 6 to 11
kilos. per 100 square metres in another.
" No. 2 : Consists of goods weighing under 2 ounces and
over an ounce per square yard. The cost of the raw mate-
rial is an average of 7id., the cost of manufacture about
12d., and the selling price is from 12d. to 21d. per lb.
"No. 3 and 4 : Consist of goods principally cf a fancy
character, and extremely variable in quality and cost, so
much so as to defy all our attempts to arrange and classify.
"The above classes Nos. 2,3, and 4, consisting of about
25 per cent. of the cotton manufacture of Great Britain, are
obviously so far beyond all our power to reduce to order or
arrangement for purposes of Customs revenue, that we do
conclude at once there is no other course for them but the
ai valorem system of entry for Customs taxation."
At the meeting on Friday the sth, Mr. Banks, an Eng-
lish agent, residing in Paris, was introduced. That gen-
tleman had " obtained from yarn agents in Paris samples
of French spinnings, which Mr. Ross undertook to examine;
and having compared them, with regard to quality and
price, with similar yarns in England, it appeared that any
heavy percentage of. duty superadded to the expense of
transit, could not possibly lead to business." To make

this information more complete, Mr. Banks promised fur-
ther information on the next day. In the course of a con-
versation upon grey goods, the Glasgow deputies proposed
" that the finer division should be divided into two parts—
say all goods between loz. and 2oz. per square yard to form
one division, and all under loz. another." Mr. Mallett re-
ported that the suggestion of two divisions had that morn-
ing been submitted to M. Rouher, Minister of Commerce,
and colleague of Mr. Cobden, and that he had promised for
it his most attentive consideration.