Holloway, W. R. (consul-general, St.
Petersburg):

Agricultural machinery, Russia, re-
duction of duty, 74.

Beet crop, Russia (1897), 148.
Beet cultivation, Russia, 466.
Cast-iron industry, Russia (1897), 76.
Distilling industry, Russia, 389.
Flax and hemp crop, Russia, 467.
Freight traffic, Russian railroads,
391.

Harvest failure, Russia, 388.
Hops, Russia, 147.

Indian-corn stalks, utilization, Rus-
sia, 216.

Iron production and sale (1897), 575.
Poultry and eggs, Russia, 474.
Russia, petroleum industry, 214.
Russian famine, 72.

Honduras, British, American enterprise,

Imports:

Cape Colony, 84.

Canada, United States, 117.
Coal, Brazil, 309.

Increased meat, and high prices,
Germany, 528.

Hogs, Marseilles, 619.
Natal, 89, 612.
Perfumery, Japan, 155.
Shoes, Philippines, 10.
South Africa, 77, 78.

United States, from Manchester, 364.
United States, from Germany, 225.

United States, from Switzerland,
306.

Increased, Switzerland, 630.

Imports and exports:

Cape Colony, 376.

Germany, 143.

India:

Calcutta jute industry, effect of
plague on, 304.

Calcutta, trade with United States
(1897-98), 125.

Cotton piece goods, Calcutta, 32.
Jute crop (1898), 473.

India, Dutch, petroleum, 480.

Indian-corn stalks, utilization, Russia,
216.

Insurance system, German working-
men's, value, 51.

Ireland:

Cork, flax spinning, 157.

Docks, Queenstown, 580.
Mackerel fishery, 147.

Iron, cast, industry, Russia (1897), 76.
Iron industry, English vs. American, 579.
Iron mining and wages, Sweden, 573.
Iron production and sale, Russia (1897),
575.

Iron works, New South Wales, 631.
Italian emigrants, Venezuela, 140.

Italy:

Congress of orientalists, 146.
Machinery prize competition, 219.
Nuts as food, 539.

Pork, American, opposition, 474.

Ivory:

Antwerp, 462.

Production and trade, 479.

Jackson, G. H. (consul, La Rochelle),
coal, high price, France, 473.

Japan:

American products, 633.
Butter, American, 419.

Camphor, 310.

Camphor trade, 629.

Capital, foreign, 317.

Cement trust, proposed, 624.
Cotton and cotton goods, 30.
Enterprises, foreigners in, 641.
Export bounties, 588.

Fur-seal industry, 469.

Glass industry, 418.

Hat trade, 563.

Harbor regulations, open ports,

255.

Labor, cheap, 624.

Lamps, electric, Kobé, 625.

Locomotives and rolling stock, de-

mand, 156.

Nagasaki, shipbuilding, 561.

Perfumery imports, 155.

Port, Hiogo, 125.

Railways, length, 565.

Rice crop, 629.

Silk exports, 311.

Steamship service, 302.

Tariff, new, and harbor regulations,

472.

Trade (1898), 302.

Treaties and commercial code, 472.
Watch trade, 263.

Wheat and flour, 156.

Wheat flour, 562.

Yokohama, electric lamps, 469.

Java:

Bicycles, 521.

Match industry, 123.

Postal savings bank, 631.
Quinine, 266.

Jenkins, J. (consul, San Salvador), tariff

rates, new, San Salvador, 426.

Jews, entry into Palestine prohibited,
476.

Johnson, A. B. (consul, Amoy):

China, new trade conditions, 443.
Formosa tea trade, 415.

Jute crop, India (1898), 473.

Jute industry, Calcutta, effect of plague
on, 308.

Kehl, J. E. (consul, Stettin):

Cruisers, new, Stettin, 463.
German farmer, 57.

Kerosene, Paraguay, 153.
Klondike, distress, 310..

Kobé, electric lamps, 625.

Kongo Free State, tax on commercial

agents, 305.

Korea:

Cigarettes, 268.

Duty on grain suspended, 155.

Educational institutions and meth-

ods, 408.

Nuts as food, 546.

Ports, opening, 31.

United States civil engineer in, 303.
Kyao-chau, a free port, 468.

Labor and tariffs, congress, Antwerp, 60.
Labor:

Cheap, Japan, 624.

Condition, Belgium, 465.

North France, 630.

Lamps, electric:

Kobé, 625.

Yokohama, 469.

Land, sterile, Germany, reclaiming, 58.

Lard, South Africa, 107.

Law, copyright, Mexico, 244.

Law regarding commission agents, South
Africa, 154.

Laws governing glucose manufacture,
Belgium, 294.

Leather, Cape Colony, 297.

Ledoux, U. J. (consul, Three Rivers):
Canada, trade increase, 118.

Railway, Canadian Pacific, freight

rates, 150.

Leeward Islands, export bounties, 589.
Leishman, J. G. A. (minister, Berne), ex-
port bounties, Switzerland, 593.
Lieberknecht, A. (consul, Zurich), papy-
ristite, 49.

Liefeld, E. T. (consul Freiberg):

Button industry, Freiberg, 486.

Electric roads, Germany, 464.

Europe, women, employment, 145.
Liege, firearms, 149.

Lights, electric, Brussels, 213.

Lincoln, G. F. (consul-general, Antwerp):
Congress on tariffs and labor, Ant-

werp, 60.

Ivory, Antwerp, 462.

Little, W. M. (consul, Tegucigalpa), con-
stitution, United States of Central
America, 601.

McCook, J. C. (consul, Dawson City):
Dawson City and the gold fever,
432.

Dawson City, conditions, 536.
Klondike, distress, 310.

McCunn, J. N. (consul, Dunfermline),
bicycles, Scotland, 347.

McGinley, D. E. (consul, Athens), United
States trade, Greece, 356.
Machine, new weaving, France, 581.
Machinery:

American and German, 55.
American, Denmark, 352.

Electric, South Africa, 372.

Exhibition, Munich, 157.

Exports, Germany, 144.

Prize competition, Italy, 219.

Machinery, agricultural:

Russia, reduction of duty, 74.

American, England, 480.

Machines, dovetailing, France, demand,

461.

Mackerel fishery, Ireland, 147.

Madagascar:

Canal and railway contract, 128.
Meats, canned, 254.

Railway contract, 566.

Madrigal, R. (consul, Cartagena), rail-

ways, Colombia, 281.

Mahin, F. W. (consul, Reichenberg):

Button industry, Reichenberg, 483.
Potato flour, Austria, 68.
Malarial disease, German studies, 593.
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Malta:

Bicycle trade, 113.

Trade conditions, 108.
Mangabeira rubber, São Paulo, 607.
Maniçoba rubber, Brazil, 606.
Manitoba fruit market, 533.
Maracaibo, piracy in vicinity, 242.
Marine, merchant, Russia, 149.
Markets:

Cattle and horses, Canada, 252.
China, Russia in, 397.

Export, search for, 187.

France, 349.

Fruit, and American apples, Ger-

many, 529.

Fruit, Manitoba, 533.
Paraguay, 639.

Smoked meats, Canada, 309.
Wheat, Argentine, 241.
Marseilles, hog imports, 619.

Martin, C. W. (consul, Amherstburg),
smoked meats, market, Canada, 309.
Mason, F. H. (consul-general, Frank-
fort):

Apples, American, and fruit mar-
ket, Germany, 529.

Calcium carbide, present and pro-
spective supply, 47.

Diesel caloric motor, Munich expo-

sition, 44.

Export market, search for, 187.
Exports, German, to United States,

225.

Filament, new incandescent, for

electric lights, 45.

Malarial disease, German studies,

593.

Meat imports, increased, and high

prices, Germany, 528.

Spanish-American war, German

view of results, 287.

Match industry, Java, 123.

Matches, Paraguay, 151.

Mayer, D. (consul, Buenos Ayers), wheat
market, Argentine, 241.

Meat-extract business, Uruguay, 237.

Meat:

Canned, Madagascar, 254.

Guadeloupe, scarcity, 245.

Imports, increased, and high prices,
Germany, 528.

Smoked, market, Canada, 309.
Mechanics' bank, Venezuela, 626.

Merchant marine, Russia, 149.
Merry, W. L. (minister, San José), tariff,
new, Nicaraguan, 596.
Mertens, T. (consular agent, Grao), in-
dustrial enterprises, Spain, 277.
Metcalf, H. W. (consul, Newcastle-on-
Tyne), turbine, steam, England, 450.
Mexico:

Bicycles, 286.

Copyright law, 244.

Petroleum, 640.

Railroad, new, 473.

Smelting works, 243.

Mexico, southern, natural resources,

422.

Mill:

Flour, Nantes, 306.

Pulp and paper, Ontario, 534.

Mines and industries, Peru, 477.
Mineral waters, artificial, Hungary, 434.
Mines and railways, China, control,
564.

Mines, Ontario, 535.

Mining:

Canada, 471.

Iron, and wages, Sweden, 573.
Taxes, Venezuela, 597.
Vancouver Island, 432.

Mining and railway concessions, China,
260.

Mining enterprise, American, Haiti, 309.
Mints, new, China, 558.

Miquelon, export bounties, 589.
Missionaries, China, treatment, 406.
Monaghan, J. C. (consul, Chemnitz):

American trade opportunities, Ger-
many, 524.

Apples, American, Germany, 353.
Bicycle industry, Germany, 283.
Canal, new, Germany, 466.

Coal as motive power, Germany,
466.

Commercial bureau, new, Germany,
281.

Consular service as an aid to for-

eign trade, 134.

Cotton trade, world's, 42.

Education, higher, Saxony, 464.
German commerce, Hankau, 122.

Germany, export unions, 362.
Germany, straw industry, 53.
Germany, trade differences with

United States, adjustment, 473.

Monaghan, J. C.-Continued.

Germany, trade with Russia, 369.
Germany, women in trade, 475.
Imports and exports, Germany, 143.
Insurance system, German work-
ingmen's, value, 51.

Machinery exports, Germany, 144.
Shipping, Germany, 137.

Strikes, Germany (1897), 433.
Germany, trade with South Amer-
ica, 138.

Water courses, mountain, as indus-
trial aids, 618.

Workingmen's houses, Germany,
465.

Montevideo, harbor improvements, 239.
Morlan, A. E. (consul, Belize), export
bounties, British Honduras, 585.
Morocco, export bounties, 589.
Morris, H. C. (consul, Ghent):

Bale, round cotton, Ghent, 64.

Belgian enterprise, China, 400.
Cotton industry, France, 43.
Cotton trade, world's, 41.

Education, technical, and trade, Bel-
gium, 583.

Export trade, world's, 145.

Exposition, provincial, Ghent, 622.
Firearms, exportation, Belgium, 63.
Lumber trade, Belgium, 227.
Philippines, trade (1897), 559.

Population, Russia, increase, 70.
Savings and pension bureau, Bel-
gium, 437.

Sugar question, Europe, 33.

Motor, Diesel caloric, at Munich exposi-
tion, 44.

Munich:

Exposition, Diesel caloric motor, 44.
Machinery exhibition, 157.

United States manufactures, out-
look, 195.

Nagasaki, shipbuilding, 561.

Nails, American wire, Europe, 460.
Nantes, flour mill, 308.

Natal:

Agriculture, 380.

Commerce, 88.

Imports, 89, 612.

Railways, 89.

Navigation, inland, China, revised reg-
ulations, 563.

Neill, R. R. (secretary of legation, Lima),
export bounties, Peru, 591.
Netherlands:

Amsterdam, emigration (1897), 440.
Duties on sodium acetate and cal-

cium acetate, 69.
Duty, exemptions, 631.
Export bounties, 589.

Pepper, decortication, 549.

New Caledonia, pearls, 418.
Newcastle, trade, 435.

Neuer, C. (consular agent, Gera), button |
industry Gera, 488.

Newel, S. (minister, The Hague):

Duties on sodium acetate and cal-

cium acetate, Netherlands, 69.
Duty, exemptions, Netherlands, 631.
Export bounties, Netherlands, 589.

New Hebrides, industries, 270.
New South Wales, iron works, 631.
Newspaper, official, China, 407.

New Zealand, import of plants prohib-
ited, 623.

Nicaragua:

Debt, foreign, 308.

Duties, increase, 472.

Export bounties, 591.

Tariff, new, 596.

Notes, Russia, 619.

Nusbaum, B. (consul, Munich):

Hops, Bavaria, 148.

Machinery exhibition, Munich, 157.
United States manufactures. Mu-
nich, outlook, 195.

Nuts as food:

France, 537.

Italy, 539.

Korea, 546.

Syria, 547.

O'Hara T. (consul, San Juan del Norte),
export bounties, Nicaragua, 591.

Oil trade, American, hindrances, China,
23.
Ontario:

Bicycles, 251.

Harbor and railway improvements,

249.

Mines, 535.

Pulp and paper mill, 534.
Railway, electric street, 250.
Orange Free State, exports, 153.
Oranges, Paraguay, 609.