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1.–TARIFF OF JAMAICA: EFFECT UPON TRADE......

..Dent I

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

STATES .................................

..............Buchanan

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

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

LEY...........

...........Kenneday

V.-MACHINE TRADE IN ECUADOR......

VI.-RESOURCES OF ECUADOR.....

VII.-How to EXTEND OUR TRADE IN SOUTH AMERICA............Hill

VIII.-EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AMERICA...

................)

*} Swalm

IX.-HEATING AND COOKING STOVES IN URUGUAY...............

X.-Port Works At MONTEVIDEO.............. ................Finch

XI.-HARBOR REGULATIONS OF Puerto CABELLO............... Valkmar

XII. -IMPORTS OF PARAGUAY.........

..............Ruffin

( Harrison

XIII.-SUGAR IN PARAGUAY...........

**| Ruffin

XIV.- AGRICULTURE IN Mexico..............

XV.-BRICK FACTORY IN Mexico.................

XVI.-New RAILROAD Law of Mexico............. ............Clayton

XVII.-Bids FOR RAILS IN BRAZIL.................. ..............Bryan

XVIII.-FOREIGN JUDGMENTS IN BRAZIL.............. ..............Hill

XIX.- JUDICIAL REFORMS IN ARGENTINA.......... ..............Mayer

XX.–PROPOSED ARGENTINE TARIFF.....

.............Buchanan

XXI.-TARIFF CHANGES IN SALVADOR.......... ............Jenkins

XXII.-SUGAR INDUSTRY IN TRINIDAD............ ...............Loomis

XXIII.-COFFEE IN JAMAICA...

................Dent

XXIV.-PLAN FOR CONTROLLING COFFEE MARKET.....................Loomis

XXV.-CANADIAN CANAL PROBLEM.......

.......................................Brush

XXVI.-NOTES FROM Dawson City................. ..............McCook

XXVII.-MINING IN SZECHUAN....................... ...............Conger

XXVIII.—UNITED STATES TRADE IN CHINA......... .............Howler

XXIX.–PLUMBAGO IN JAPAN AND CHINA.............. .................

(Japan, 89–China, 90.)

XXX.-PETROLEUM IN BORNEO..............

............Everett

XXXI.-FRENCH View of PhilipPINE SITUATION.........................Covert

XXXII.-COTTON-SPINNING MACHINERY IN JAPAN.............................Iyon

96

100

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XXXIII.-ELECTRIC INDUSTRY IN JAPAN......

Gowey

XXXIV.—Passenger Transit IN JAPAN............

XXXV.-PASSENGER TRANSIT IN SHANGHAI....... ...........Goodnow

XXXVI.-PROPOSED RailwAY CONSTRUCTION IN FORMOSA..........Davidson

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

*** ! Macrum

XXXVIII.-IMPORTERS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC.......

100

XXXIX.- FEDERAL MOVEMENT IN AUSTRALIA ... ...............Bell 104

XL.-Harbor IMPROVEMENTS AT VICTORIA......... ............. Smith 107

XLI.-Covered BerthS IN SHIPYARDS............... ............Metcalf 109

XLII.-PROSPERTY OF British COLONIES...........

Choate 110

XLIII.-TRADE SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIATIC TURKEY............... Washington 113

XLIV.—THE INDIA-RUBBER TRADE.............

Hill 114

XLV.- REFORMS IN THE COTTON TRADE.............. ..............Boyle 116

XLVI.—THE EDUCATION OF GERMAN CONSULS............................Mason 118

XLVII.-GERMAN TOOL-MACHINE TRUST..................... ...........Hanauer 121

XLVIII.—TRADE AND INDUSTRIES OF MANNHEIM.....................Osterhaus 122

XLIX.-GERMAN Tariff ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND Tools,

Mason.......

124

L.-SUGGESTIONS FOR EXPORTERS TO GERMANY................. Hanauer 125

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

LII.-GERMANY's Foreign INTERESTS................................Monaghan 127

LIII.-GERMANY's Wool IMPORT.....

Tern

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......

Erdman

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

133

LVIII.-LOCOMOTIVES IN GERMANY...........

.............Monaghan

134

· LIX.-TRAMWAYS IN Milan.............

................Jarvis 135

LX.-TRADE OF Belgium, First Five Months Of 1899.........Lincoln 136

LXI.-AMERICAN FRUIT IN NORWAY............ ............... Bordewich 139

LXII.-American Fruit in THE NETHERLANDS..........................Listoe 140

LXIII.-AMERICAN BARBER CHAIRS IN GERMANY......................Harris 141

LXIV.-PATENT MEDICINES IN PORTUGAL... ............ Townsend 142

LXV.-BANKING AND RAILWAY Statistics of IRELAND, 1898......Piatt

LXVI.- MERCHANTS IN ATHENS..

.............McGinley 144

LXVII.–PLATINUM, IRIDIUM, AND OSMIUM in Foreign COUNTRIES........ 145

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

LXVIII.-HistorY OF THE NAPHTHA INDUSTRY IN Russia.........)

147

LXIX.- NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER VOLGA.........

148

LXX.-TRADE OPENINGS IN RUSSIA................. .............Hanauer

LXXI.-LEGAL Status of FOREIGN CORPORATIONS IN Russia..)

LXXII.-FAILURE OF CROPS IN SOUTHERN Russia.. .....Heenan

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

128

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143

Sta.........l Smith

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163

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LXXIV.-INHERITED PROPERTY IN FRANCE....

...Covert

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

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

LXXVII.-TRADE OF HONGKONG IN 1898................. .................. Wildman

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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REPORTS BY COUNTRIES.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC:

Judicial reforms in........
Proposed tariff of...........

Trade in the: Imports from United States..........
AUSTRALIA:

Federal movement in........... AZORES:

New mail service with the...

Russian oil in the..............
BELGIUM:

Art exhibition in..............
New fuel in........

Trade of, first five months of 1899...........
BORNEO:

Petroleum in......................
BRAZIL:

Bids for rails in..................
Foreign judgments in.........
India-rubber trade in............
Platinum, iridium, and osmium in..........
Railroad ties forgotten in.......................................
Resources and trade opportunities of the Amazon Valley.........

Trade with United States..... 'BRITISH COLONIES:

Prosperity of.....
CANADA:

Assay offices in British Columbia....
Canal problem.......
Cost of canals in............
Harbor improvements at Victoria........
Notes from Dawson City...................

Platinum, iridium, and osmium in......
CHINA:

Grain export from, prohibited............
Likin tax on rice............
Mining in Szechuan.......................
Passenger transit in Shanghai...................
Plumbago in.........................................................

United States trade in.................
COLOMBIA:

Match monopoly in...........

Platinum, iridium, and osmium in........... DENMARK:

Danish exchange rate on New York...........