British Columbia-Continued.

Dawson City and the gold fever,
432.

Electric generators, new system, 431
Industrial and commercial enter-

prises, 430.

Railway subsidies, 114.

Telegraph lines, 430.

Vancouver Island, mining, 432.

British Honduras:

American enterprise, 470.

Export bounties, 585.

British trade, competition, 491.
British vs. American shipping rates, 508.
British vs. Russian trade, Persia, 158.
Brodowski, E. Z. (consul, Fürth), glass

industry, Germany, 135.

Brühl, L. H. (consul, Catania), nuts as
food, Italy, 539.

Brunot, H. S. (consul, St. Etienne),
France, market, 349.

Brush, H. W. (consul, Clifton), Canada,
imports from United States, 117.
Brussels:

Branch post-offices, 475.

Electric lights, 213.

Sugar conference, international, 307:
Brussels, Paris, and Berlin, telephone

between, 476.

Bryan, C. P. (minister, Brazil):

Coal bids, Brazil, 340.

Demand for coal by Brazilian Gov-

ernment, 309.

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

Export bounties, Japan, 588.

Japan, harbor regulations, open

ports, 255.

Tariff, new, and harbor regulations,
Japan, 472.

Treaties and commercial code, Ja-

pan, 472.

Buchanan, W. I. (minister, Buenos
Ayres):

Export bounties, Argentine Repub-
lic, 584.

Tariff changes, Argentine Republic,

471.

Bureau of Foreign Commerce, France,

130.

Burke, M. J. (consul, St. Thomas):

Bicycles, Ontario, 251.

Harbor and railway improvements,

Ontario, 249.

Consular service, German, increase,

Brazil, 120.

Consuls, American, activity, 617.
Contract:

Canal and railway, Madagascar,
128.

Railway, Madagascar, 566.

Railway, Pekin-Hankau, 401.
Cooperative cheese association, Bel-

gium, 467.

Copyright law, Mexico, 244.

Copyrights and patents, China, 396.
Corey, G. J. (consul, Amsterdam):

Emigration, Amsterdam (1897), 440.
Pepper, decortication, Netherlands,

549.

Cork, flax spinning, 157.

Corn, indian, stalks, utilization, Russia,
216.
Cotton:

"Country damaged," England, 516.
Industry, France, 43.

Piece goods, Calcutta, 32.

Trade, world's, 41.

Cotton and cotton goods, Japan, 30.
Cotton bale, round, Ghent, 64.
Covert, J. C. (consul, Lyons):

Bureau of Foreign Commerce,
France, 130.

Trade openings, France, 350.
Cramer, E. C. (consul, Florence), pork,
American, opposition, Italy, 474.
Credit loan act, agricultural, Canada,
150.

Crop:

Beet, Russia (1897), 148.
Coffee, Brazil, 334.

Flax and hemp, Russia, 467.

Hay, Germany, large, 474.
Hop, Great Britain, 467.
Jute, India (1898), 473.
Rice, Japan, 629.

Wheat, good, France, 629.

Cruisers, new, Stettin, 262.

Cuba, sugar of, competition, 421.

Culver, H. S. (consul, London, Ontario):

Vinegar manufacturers, Ontario,
amalgamation, 631.
Canadian cheese, 253.
Cunningham, E. S. (consul, Aden):

Bicycles, Aden, 284.

Watches and clocks, Arabia and
South Africa, 382.

Customs regulations for sporting out-

fits, Canada, 248.

Customs union, proposed, South Africa,
625.

Dawson City and the gold fever, 432.
Dawson City, conditions, 536.

Debt, foreign, Nicaragua, 308.
Decortication, pepper:

Dutch India, 549.

England, 548.
Netherlands, 549.

Straits Settlements, 550.
Denby, C. (minister, Pekin):

China, inland navigation regula-
tions, 261.

Chinese decree as to railway con-
struction, 303.

Mining and railway concessions,
China, 260.

Export bounties, China, 585.

Yangtze, new trade regulations, 28.

Denmark:

Canned goods, American, 461.
Danish-American steamship service,

468.

Machinery, American, 352.

Slates, American roofing, 460.
Diamond exports, South Africa, 317.
Diederich, H. W. (consul, Magdeburg),
sugar-beet cultivation, good seed,
451.

Diesel caloric motor, Munich exposi-
tion, 44.

Dillingham, F. (consul, Auckland), im-
port of plants prohibited, New Zea-
land, 623.

Directories, commercial, China, 470.
Distilling industry, Russia, 389.
Docks, Queenstown, 580.

Dominican Republic, export bounties,
588.

Dovetailing machines, France, demand,
461.

Doty, J. L. (consul, Tahiti):

Caroline Islands, 12.

Export bounties, Society Islands,

592.

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

Alaska, warning to prospectors,
119.

Market for cattle and horses, Can-
ada, 252.