CONSULAR REPORTS.

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COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, ETC.

VOL. LXI.

Nos. 228, 229, 230, AND 231.

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, 1899.

CONTENTS.

I-TARIFF OF JAMAICA: EFFECT UPON TRADE..................

Page.

...Dent

I

II.-TRADE IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: IMPORTS FROM UNITED

STATES....

III.-UNITED STATES-BRAZILIAN TRADE.......

..Buchanan

.....Hill

IV.-RESOURCES AND TRADE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE AMAZON VAL-

De Leon

VI. RESOURCES OF ECUADOR............

VII.-How To Extend OUR TRADE IN SOUTH AMERICA.....

36

Hill 37

XXXVI. PROPOSED RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN FORMOSA.........Davidson

XXXVII.-RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN THE TRANSVAAL...................

98

100

Macrum

XXXVIII.—IMPORTERS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUblic..........................

XXXIX.-FEDERAL MOVEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

XL. HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS AT VICTORIA...

XLI.-COVERED BERTHS IN SHIPYARDs....

XLII. PROSPERY OF BRITISH COLONIES..........

XLIII.-TRADE SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIATIC TURKEY.............. Washington

THE INDIA-RUBBER TRADE..........................

THE EDUCATION OF GERMAN CONSULS...

100

Bell

104

...Smith

107

XLIX. GERMAN TARIFF ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND TOOLS,

Mason..........

L.-SUGGESTIONS FOR EXPORTERS TO GERMANY.........

LI. GERMAN-AMERICAN BALANCE OF TRADE........

LII.-GERMANY'S FOREIGN INTERESTS.......

LIII. GERMANY'S WOOL IMPORT.......

LIV. GERMAN EXPORTS OF SOAP AND PERFUMERY....

LV.-DUTY ON DRUGGISTS' SCALES IN GERMANY AND FRANCE......

(Germany, 130-France, 131.)

LVI.-PUBLIC WAYS AND PARKS IN SILESIA.......

LVII. SILESIAN WOOL.............................

LVIII.-LOCOMOTIVES IN GERMANY....

LIX.-TRAMWAYS IN MILAN..........

LX.-TRADE OF BELGIUM, FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1899........Lincoln

LXI.-AMERICAN FRUIT IN NORWAY......

LXII.-AMERICAN FRUIT IN THE NETHERLANDS..

136

Bordewich 139

LXIII.

AMERICAN BARBER CHAIRS IN GERMANY...

.Listoe 140

...Harris 141

LXIV. PATENT MEDICINES IN PORTUGAL.......................................

LXV.—BANKING AND RAILWAY STATISTICS OF IRELAND, 1898......Piatt

LXVI. MERCHANTS IN ATHENS.........

LXVII.-PLATINUM, IRIDIUM, AND OSMIUM IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES........

145

(Canada, 145-Brazil, 147-Colombia, 147.)

LXVIII.-HISTORY OF THE NAPHTHA INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA....

LXXI.-LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS IN RUSSIA..

LXXII. FAILURE OF CROPS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.......

LXXIII.-CROPS IN RUSSIA.............................

LXXIV. INHERITED PROPERTY IN FRANCE....

LXXV.-ACCIDENTS TO WORKMEN IN FRANCE........

LXXVI.-FOREIGNERS IN JAPAN...................

Page.

.Covert 159

.Brunot 163

..Gowey 165

Wildman 166

LXXVII. TRADE OF HONGKONG IN 1898.....................

LXXVIII.-NOTES (Licenses for Commercial Travelers in Russia-Leather

Industry in Russia-Russian Regulations Concerning the

Flax Trade-The German vs. American Pound Weight-

Furniture in Germany-Dried Fruit in Germany-Export

Premiums on Flour in Germany-Wheat and Sugar in Spain-

Colonial Office in France-New Fuel in Belgium-Cost of

Canadian Canals—Assay Offices in British Columbia—Railway

Concessions in Mexico-Match Monopoly in Colombia-Elec-

tricity in Ecuador-Inland-Navigation Project in South Amer-

ica-Plans for Montevideo Port Works-Proposed American

Bank in Caracas-Railroad Ties Forgotten in Brazil-New

Remedy for Tuberculosis-Sale of Specimens of Persian Art-

Siberia No Longer a Penal Colony-Emigration to Siberia—

Japanese Tea Exports, 1898-99-New Treaties in Japan-Gas-

Lighting Contract in Sumatra-Mining Law of the Dutch

East Indies-Grain Export from China Prohibited-Chinese

Likin Tax on Rice-Spanish Tariff on Flour-Russian Oil in

the Azores-New Mail Service with the Azores-Postal Cars

Wanted in France-Railway Management in Norway-Dan-

ish Exchange Rate on New York-Exchange at Guadeloupe—

Rice Planting in Uruguay-Coal Trade of Montevideo-Do-

minican Duties Payable in Gold—Municipal Taxes in Mada-

gascar-United States Trade with Mauritius-Exhibition in

Constantinople-Art Exhibition in Antwerp-Consular Re-

ports Transmitted to Other Departments).........

LXXIX.-FOREIGN REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS (New Openings for Trade

in Russia-Gold in the Philippines—Irrigation in the Sudan-

Gold-Mining Machinery in the Transvaal-Woods and Furni-

ture in Russia)............

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