Advertising, Government, France, 640.
Africa, East:

Gold Coast, commerce, 347.
Lourenço Marquez, boots and shoes,
316.

Africa, South:

Candy, United States, 315.

Cape Colony, 323.

Cape Colony, leather industry, 650.
Cape Colony, life insurance, 448.
Cape Colony, pumps, 446.
Cape Town to Kimberley, 317.
Commercial development, 317.
Fruit trees, 490.
Huts, portable, 446.
Importers, South African Republic,

100.

Kimberley diamond mines, 317.
Natal, 322.

Orange Free State, 320.

Tinware, 339.

Trade notes, 445, 489, 646.

Transvaal, broom factory, 323.
Transvaal, diamond production, 444.
Transvaal, duties, increase, 445.
Transvaal, German interests, 490.
Transvaal, gold output (1899), 489.

Transvaal, gold production (August,
1899), 648.

Transvaal, railways, 341.

United States trade opportunities,
442.

African Republic, South, importers, 100.
Agricultural conditions, Ontario, 506.
Agricultural exports, United States, Ger-
man view, 202.

Agricultural implements, United States,
New South Wales, 438.
Agricultural machines and tools, Ger-
man tariff, 124.

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, Guadeloupe, 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.

Caraguata, Paraguay, 571.

Cars, postal, wanted, France, 181.
Catalogues free of duty, Canada, 659.
Cattle:

Belgian, tuberculosis, 500.

Duties, Guatemala, 476.

Russian, England, 385.

United States, Belgium and Ger

many, 195.

Caughy, C. M. (consul, Messina), oils,
Sicilian essential, advice to importers,
225.

Celluloid, substitute, Germany, 654.
Chairs, United States, barber, Germany,
141.

Chambers of commerce, Germany, 207.
Cheese, regulations for manufacture
and sale, 634.

Chefoo, trade (1898), 296.
Chemicals, Germany, 379.
Chester, F. D. (consul, Budapest):

Debts, collection, Hungary, 455.
Hungary, commercial policy, 210.
Children's wages, Germany, 508.
Chile:

Shipments to, 473.

Soda nitrate, 493.

China:

Chefoo trade (1898), 296.

Debt, national, 326.

Freight facilities from United States

Atlantic ports, 416.

Grain export prohibited, 180.
Iron bedsteads, 413.

Kyao-chau, customs regulations,
provincial, 273.

Kyao-chau, tariff regulations, 589.
Likin tax on rice, 180.

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.

Commercial travelers:
Brazil, 666.

Licenses, Russia, 168.

Taxes on, Russia, 409.

Companies, foreign, Japan, 288.
Concession, mining and railway, Vene-
zuela, 269.

Conger, E. H. (minister, Pekin):

Chinese mining regulations, 590.
Customs regulations, provisional,
Kyao-chau, 273.
Mining, Szechuan, 67.

Congresses:

Charity, Paris, 242.

Medical, Brussels, 498.
Medicine, Paris, 497.

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.

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.

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.