Assay offices, British Columbia, 174.
Athens, merchants, 144.

Atwell, W. P. (consul, Roubaix):

Flax disease, Belgium, treatise, 502.
Hosiery and knit underwear, France,
366.

Stone, artificial, Belgium, 655.
Textile plant, new, France, 330.
Textile plants, Russia, 227, 510.
Tuberculosis, new remedy, 177.
Wheat crop, France (1899), 232, 494.
Australia:

Commonwealth, constitution, 595.
Federal movement, 104.
Australia, South, fertilizers, commercial,
615.
Automobiles:

Cost of running, England, 641.
Exposition, international, Berlin,
517.

Motor vehicles, Shanghai, 417.
Taxes, Belgium, 511.

Avery, W. L. (consul, Belize), railroad,
British Honduras, proposed, 468.
Aymé, L. H. (consul, Guadeloupe):

Boilers, engines, etc.,
Guadeloupe, 566.

demand,

Exchange, Guadeloupe, 182.
Hurricane, Guadeloupe, 478.

Azores:

Mail service, new, 181.
Russian oil, 181.

Bahia, manganese mining, 266.
Balance of trade, German-American,
126.

Bank, United States, Caracas, proposed,
176.

Banking statistics, Ireland (1898), 143.
Barber chairs, United States, Germany,

141.

Barcelona, tramways, electric, 532.
Barchet, S. P. (interpreter, Shanghai),
silkworms, China, 592.

Barnes, C. E. (vice and deputy consul,
Cologne), pawnbroking, Germany,

371.

Bartleman, R. M. (consul, Malaga),
theaters, iron, demand, Spain, 662.
Beaupré, A. M. (consul-general, Guate-
mala):

Duties, cattle and tobacco, Guate-
mala, 476.

Beaupré, A. M.-Continued.
Flour, Guatemala, 342.

German-Guatemalan trade-mark
convention, 507.

Bedsteads, iron:

Canada, 659.

China and Japan, 413.

Turkey, 666.

Beef, dried, or tasajo industry, Argen-
tine Republic and Uruguay, 575.

Beef, fresh, United States, Belgium and
Germany, 196.

Beet-lifting machine, prize for, Ger-
many, 392.

Beet-sugar campaign, 1898-99, Germany,

393.

Beets, Russia's acreage (1899), 408.
Belgian enterprise, Egypt, 502.
Belgium:

Ankylostomiasis in coal mines, 658.
Antwerp art exhibition, 184.
Antwerp ivory market, 452.
Antwerp-San Francisco steamship
service, 508.

Antwerp to Portland, Me., new
steamship line, 508.

Aphthous stomatitis, 634.
Automobiles, taxes, 511.

Brussels, medical congress, 498.

Cattle and fresh beef, United States,

196.

Cattle, tuberculosis, 500.

Cheese, regulations for manufac-

ture and sale, 634.

Flax disease, treatise, 502.

Fuel, new, 172.

Ghent, exposition, 222.

Iron and steel wanted, 342.

Lawn mowers and incubators, auto-
matic, demand, 342.

Live animals, transportation, 501.
Refrigerators, demand, 511.
Stone, artificial, 655.

Tolls, 510.

Trade (first five months, 1899), 136.
Vehicle regulations, 501.

Bell, G. W. (consul, Sydney):

Federal movement, Australia, 104.
Implements, United States agricul-
tural, New South Wales, 438.
Bergen, business firms, 245.
Berlin, motor-carriage exposition, in-
ternational, 517.

Berths, covered, shipyards, England, 109.
Beutelspacher, G. (commercial agent,
Moncton):

Cranberry cultivation, Canada, 622.
Forestry inspection, Canada, 505.
San José scale, Canada, suppress-
ing, 621.

Bilbao, tramways, electric, 434.
Bleached cotton goods, Paraguay, 569.
Blom, J. (vice and deputy consul, Co-
penhagen):

Danish agriculture, protection pro-
posed, 510.

Danish exchange rate on New York,
182.

Boardman, C. A. (commercial agent,
Rimouski), railway enterprise, Can-
ada, 505.

Boilers, demand, Guadelcupe, 566.
Bombay, tramways, 561.
Bonds, Guatemala, 335.
Boots, Lourenço Marquez, 316.
Bordeaux, railway, electric, 398.
Bordewich, H. (consul, Christiania):

Christiania, business conditions,
661.

Fruit, United States, Norway, 139.
Paper mills, Norwegian, failures,
342.

Wood pulp, market, Japan, 594.
Borneo, petroleum, 90.
Boyle, J. (consul, Liverpool):

Calico-printing trade combination,
England, 659.

Canadian competition, Great Brit-
ain, 189.

Cotton trade, reforms, 116.

Brakes, Westinghouse air, Russian rail-
ways, 404.

Brazil:

Amazon Valley, resources and trade
opportunities, 29.

Bahia, manganese mining, 276.
Commercial travelers, 666.

Foreign judgments, 58.

Letters rogatory, tax, 336.

Para, steamship service with United
States, improved, 660.

Platinum, iridium, and osmium,

147.

Quarantine, 669.

Railway ties forgotten, 176.

Rails, bids, 53.

Brazil-Continued.

Southern, 571.

United States trade, 26.

Brick factory, Mexico, 51.
Bridges:

Across the Rance, France, proposed,

526.

Railway, India, 435.

United States, Sudan, 644.

British Honduras, railroad, proposed,
468.

British trade reports, South America,
506.

Brittain, J. I. (consul, Nantes):

Iron, United States, market, France,

213.

Steamer, new French, 531.

Street-car strike, Nantes, 396.

Brodowski, E. Z. (consul, Solingen),
German VS. United States pound
weight, 169.

Broom factory, Transvaal, 325.
Brundage, F. M. (consul, Aix la Cha-
pelle), trusts, Germany, 498.
Brunot, H. S. (consul, St. Etienne):

Accidents to workmen, France, 163.
Fruit, roadside, Europe, 395.
Brush, H. W. (consul, Clifton):
Canada, canal problem, 64.

Mining project, Canada, 483.
Brussels, medical congress, 498.
Bryan, C. P. (minister, Petropolis):
Letters rogatory, tax, Brazil, 336.
Rails, bids, Brazil, 53.
Bubonic plague, Mauritius, 651.
Buchanan, W. I. (minister, Buenos
Ayers):

Tariff, proposed, Argentine Repub-
lic, 58.

Trade, Argentine Republic: Imports

from United States, 21.

Buck, A. E. (minister, Tokyo).

Companies, foreign, Japan, 288.
Copyright law, Japanese, opera-
tion, 343.

Customs regulations and fees,
Japan, 277.

Diplomatic and consular officers,
Japan, 293.

Foreigners, Formosa, treatment,

421.

Japan, foreigners, regulations, 423.
Japan, new treaties, 179.

China-Continued.

Mining regulations, 590.
Mining, Szechuan, 67.

Piece goods, United States, 493.
Plumbago, 90.

Shanghai, motor vehicles, 417.
Shanghai, passenger transit, 98.
Silk and tea, 491.
Silkworms, 592.

Talienwan, trade regulations, 412.
Tientsin, improvements, 516.
T'ung oil, 492.

United States fruits, 313.

United States trade, 71.

West River trade, 295.

China, Indo, trade conditions, 308.
Choate, J. H. (ambassador, London):

Bridge, United States, Sudan, 644.
British colonies, prosperity, 110.
Christiania, business conditions, 661.
Cinchona bark, Java, 310.

Clayton, P. (ambassador, Mexico), law,
new railroad, Mexico, 52.

Coal mines, Belgium, ankylostomiasis,
658.

Coal trade, Montevideo, 183.

Coal, United States, southern Germany,
381.

Cocoanuts, Honduras, 507.

Coffee:

Jamaica, 62.

Market, South America, plan for
controlling, 63.

Mocha, import, United States,
625.

World's trade, 623.

Coins, silver, import, Salvador, 335.

Coke, United States, demand, Switzer-

land, 657.

College, colonial, Germany, 513.

Collisions, railway, invention for pre-
venting, France, 529.

Collodion, Netherlands, duty, 510.
Colombia:

Emeralds, 480.

Loan, foreign, 493.

Match monopoly, 174.

Platinum, iridium, and osmium,

147.

Colonial office, France, 172.
Colonies, British, prosperity, 110.
Commercial development, South Africa,

317.

Railway, Paris, 651.

Constantinople, exhibition, 184.
Consular education, Germany, 118.
Consular fees, Venezuela, 474.
Consular officers, Japan, 293.

Consular reports transmitted to other
Departments, 184, 343, 511, 662.
Constitution, Australian Common-
wealth, 595.

Convention, trade-mark, German-Guat-
emalan, 507.

Contract, railway, Peru, 341.

Copper, United States, competition, 214.
Copyright law, Japanese, operation, 343.
Corn:

Tariff, Venezuela, 661.

United States, Russia, 662.

Corporations, foreign:

Law on, Venezuela, 465.
Russia, legal status, 150.
Venezuela, 271.

Cotton:

Paraguay, 570.

Russia, 229.

Cotton goods:

Bleached, Paraguay, 569.

Exports, Manchester, to United
States, 224.

Cotton-spinning machinery, Japan, 93.
Cotton textiles, Paraguay, 460.
Cotton trade, reforms, 116.
Covert, J. C. (consul, Lyons):

France, inherited property, 159.
Indo China, trade conditions, 308.
Philippine situation, French view,

93.

Savings banks, France, 638.

Dent, L. A. (consul, Kingston):
Coffee, Jamaica, 62.

Debts, collection, Jamaica, 457.

Tariff, Jamaica, effect on trade, 1.

Diamonds:

Amsterdam, 657.

Mines, Kimberley, 317.

Production, Transvaal, 444.

Dickinson, C. M. (consul-general, Con-
stantinople):

Exhibition, Constantinople, 184.
United States commerce, Turkey,
558.

Diederich, H. W. (consul. Magdeburg):
German beet-sugar campaign (1898-
99), 393.

German prize for beet-lifting ma-
chine, 392.

Diplomatic officers, Japan, 293.
Dominican Republic, duties payable in
gold, 183.

Dredge, new, Russia, 543.
Dried fruit, Germany, 170.

Dudley, I. B. (minister, Lima), railway
contract, Peru, 341.

Dudley, L. E. (consul, Vancouver):

Assay offices, British Columbia, 174.
Platinum, iridium, and osmium,
Vancouver, 146.

Telegraph, Dawson City, 504.
Dues, port, Marseilles, 235.
Dünkelsbühler, S. (vice consul, Nurem-

berg), hop crop, world's (1899), 626.
Dutch East Indies, mining law, 180.
Dutch India:

Mining bubble, 433.
Petroleum, 333.

Duties:

Cattle and tobacco, Guatemala, 476.
Collodion, Netherlands, 510.

Increase, Transvaal, 445.

Payable in gold, Dominican Re-

public, 183.

Tobacco, Venezuela, 335.
Zanzibar, 662.

Duty, druggists' scales:

France, 131.

Germany, 130.

Duty, export, teas, Formosa, 588.

Ecuador:

Cacao culture, 250.
Electricity, 175.