CONSULAR REPORTS.

COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, ETC.

VOL. LVIII.

Nos. 216, 217, 218, AND 219.

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, 1898.

IV.

III. THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.......

FEDERAL MOVEMENT IN AUSTRALASIA...........................................

V.—HINDRANCES TO AMERICAN OIL TRADE IN CHINA..............................Bedloe

.Doty 12

Bell

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XVII. COTTON INDUSTRY OF FRANCE.

XVIII.—The DIESEL CALORIC MOTOR AT THE MUNICH EXPO- |

....Gowdy

39

Osborne

40

Morris

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Monaghan

42

XIX. A NEW INCANDESCENT FILAMENT FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS..

XX. THE PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE SUPPLY OF CALCIUM

XXIII.

GERMANY'S STRAW INDUSTRY..........

XXIV. GERMAN OPPOSITION TO UNITED STATES PORK.

XXV.-AMERICAN AND GERMAN MACHINERY

XXVI. THE GERMAN FARMER........

XXVII.-BEET-SUGAR EXPORTS FROM GERMANY.....

XXVIII.-RECLAIMING STERILE LAND IN GERMANY

XXIX.-COMMERCE OF BELGIUM, 1897..........

Goldschmidt 57

Hoffman 38

....Gilbert 59

XXX.-CONGRESS ON TARIFFS AND LABOR IN ANTWERP................................Lincoln

XXXI.-ANGLO-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN BELGIUM..Roosevelt

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XXXII.-EXPORTATION OF FIREARMS FROM BELGIUM

XXXIII.-STRAW AND FLAX GOODS IN BELGIUM...

XXXIV. THE ROUND COTTON BALE AT GHENT

XXXV. THE FOREIGN TRADE OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

XXXVI.-POTATO FLOUR IN AUSTRIA......

XXXVII.-DUTIES ON SODIUM ACETATE AND CALCIUM ACETATE IN THE

73

XL.-PROPOSITION TO PROHIBIT Export of Grain from RUSSIA..Smith

XLI.-REDUCTION OF DUTY ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

IN RUSSIA.....

XLII.-CAST-IRON INDUSTRY OF RUSSIA IN 1897..

XLIII. IMPORTS INTO SOUTH AFRICA.

XLIV.-COMMERCE OF CAPE COLONY...................

XLV. COMMERCE OF NATAL.................

XLVI.-IMPORTS OF NATAL.............

XLVII.-NATAL RAILWAYS

XLVIII.-PROPOSED TARIFF CHANGES IN CAPE COLONY..

XLIX.-AMERICAN VINES IN SOUTH AFRICA.....

90

L.-TRADE OPENINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA

LI.-GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA....

LII.-TRADE CONDITIONS IN MALTA.................

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LVIII. INCREASE OF GERMAN CONSULAR SERVICE IN BRAZIL........ White

LIX. CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTED RAILWAY IN HAITI........Livingston

LX.-GERMAN COMMERCE IN HANKAU

120

121

...Monaghan

122

LXIII. TRADE OF CALCUTTA WITH THE UNITED STATES, 1897-98, Pat-

terson

LXIV. CANAL AND RAILWAY CONTRACT IN MADAGASCAR...

125

.Gibbs 128

LXV. THE FRENCH BUREAU OF FOREIGN COMMERCE.................Covert

LXVI. THE CONSULAR SERVICE AS AN AID TO FOREIGN TRADE, Mon-

Page.

LXXI.-ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS IN VENEZUELA..

.........Loomis 140

LXXII. NOTES (American Dried Apples in France-German Imports and

Exports-Germany's Machinery Exports-The World's Export

Trade-Employment of Women in Europe-Passports Re-

quired of Heidelberg Students-Congress of Orientalists in

Italy-Irish Mackerel Fishing-Hops in Russia-Hops in

Bavaria-Beet Crop of Russia in 1897-Russian Merchant

Marine-Firearms in Liege-Agricultural Credit Loan Act

in Canada-Freight Rates on Canadian Pacific-Bicycles in

Colombia-Matches in Paraguay-Mandioca in Paraguay—

Agriculture in Paraguay-Kerosene in Paraguay-Exports

from Orange Free State-Telephones in Cape Colony-

Petroleum Regulation in Cape Colony-South African Law

Regarding Commission Agents-Notes from China-Duty on

Grain Suspended in Korea-Perfumery Imports into Japan—

Wheat and Flour in Japan-Demand for Locomotives and

Rolling Stock in Japan-Demand for American Steel Plates

in Europe-Flax Spinning in Cork-Exhibition of Machinery

in Munich-Consular Reports Transmitted to Other Depart-

ments)

LXXIII.-FOReign Reports aND PUBLICATIONS (British vs. Russian Trade

in Persia-Economic Conditions in Siberia-Railways in

China-German Interests in Guatemala).......

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