Board of Trade Journal. CONTENTS. PAGE 1 Canada. Australian Commonwealth. Natal. Southern Rhodesia. Germany. Netherlands. Switzerland. Spain. United States of America. Argentina. Cultivation of Broom Millet in Queensland. Irrigation Experiments in Rhodesia. Encouragement of Cotton Cultivation in Spain. Production of Cereals in Austria New Canadian Patents Rules and Forms. Dock Dues on Parcels landed at Cape Town. Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance of Basutoland and Bechuanaland Pro- tectorate. Trade of Cyprus. Gambling Transactions in "Futures" in Egypt. Spirits of Wine for Industrial Purposes in Russia. Leather Industry of Poland. German Grants for Colonial Administration. Exports from Madagascar in 1903. Proposed Austrian Technical Offices in the Far East. Bosnian Money Orders for United Kingdom. Information Bureau in Bulgaria. Cocoanut Oil Trade of HOBBS, HART & CO., Ltd., ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF BENT BODY STEEL SAFES, TO MEET ALL RISKS. STRONG ROOM AND PARTY WALL DOORS. CONSTRUCTORS OF BULLION VAULT AND MUNIMENT ROOMS. MANUFACTURERS OF LONDON - MADE LOCKS FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS. "NEW CENTURY LATCHES," WITH SMALL SOLID KEYS. Containing all the elements of HOBBS & Co.'s well-known security without the complicated adjustments common to most small-keyed locks. GEORGE SPENCER, MOULTON & Co., 77, Cannon Street, London, E.C., AND BRADFORD-ON-AVON, WILTS, Lim., MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FOR INDIA RUBBER APPLICATIONS. Manufacturers of Patent India Rubber Buffer and Draw Springs. Fibrous Steam Packing, Hose Pipes, and all kinds of India Rubber Articles for Railway and other Mechanical Purposes. SOLE LICENSEES FOR ALFred G. spenCER'S PATENT BUFFER AND DRAW SPRINGS. SOLE LICENSEES FOR ANDERSON'S PATENT VENTILATORS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES. SOLE LICENSEES FOR ALFred G. SPENCER'S PATENT BLOCKS FOR CARRIAGE bodies, ACCIDENTS & AILMENTS. HORSES, DOGS, BIRDS, CATTLE. The ELLIMAN First Aid Book. ABAD UNSOUND HORSE PAGES. Part 1.-HORSES ... PAGES. 6-85 | Part III.—BIRDS 123-138 87-120 Part IV.-CATTLE... 141-188 TERMS.-The complete book (188 pages) sent post free upon receipt of One Shilling and a legible address, or the label affixed for the purpose to the outside of the back of the wrapper of a 25., 2s. 6d., or 3s. 6d. bottle of ELLIMAN'S ROYAL EMBROCATION would secure a copy post free. PUBLISHED BY ELLIMAN, SONS & Co., SLOUGH, ENGLAND. In a notice on p. 48 will be found a statement of the objects and work of the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade having special regard to the transfer to the Board of Trade of the Imperial Institute. The main office of the Branch is at present at No. 50, Parliament Street, S.W., with a temporary enquiry office at 49, Eastcheap, E.C., the City Branch of the Imperial Institute. Both these Offices, however, will be closed shortly, due notice being given of the exact date, and the whole of the work of the Commercial Intelligence Branch (in which that of the former Commercial Intelligence Department of the Imperial Institute as well as that of its City Branch has been merged) will then be carried on at the new Offices to be opened at 73, Basinghall Street, E.C. The principal publications of the Board of Trade will be found in a list facing p. iv. of the advertisements, and a list of the Annual and Miscellaneous Reports and the Treaty Series issued by the Foreign Office, and of the Reports issued by the Colonial Office on pp. 46-7. A note of specially interesting subjects dealt with in the Trade Reports published by the Foreign Office since the last number of the "Board of Trade Journal," and a note of reports issued by the Colonial Office during the same period, will be found on pp. 44-5. OPENINGS FOR BRITISH TRADE. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS: WAR OFFICE. Sealed tenders for the supply of bread, flour, live cattle and meat Bread, Flour, Live Cattle, and Dead Meat. for military services, during six months, from the 1st June, 1904, will be received until 12 noon, on the following dates:-Meat and live cattle tenders, on Wednesday, 27th April, 1904; bread and flour tenders, on Friday, 29th April, 1904, by the officers in charge of the undermentioned Districts: Openings for British Trade. Scottish District, Edinburgh; North-Eastern District, York; North-Western District, Chester; Western District, Devonport; Southern District, Portsmouth; South-Eastern District, Dover; Salisbury Plain District, Tidworth House, Andover; Eastern District, Colchester; Thames District, Chatham; Woolwich District, Woolwich; Home District, 23, Carlton House Terrace, S.W.; Aldershot District, Aldershot; Guernsey and Alderney, Guernsey; Jersey, Jersey; Belfast District, Belfast; Dublin District, Curragh Camp; Cork District, Cork. Forms of tender and conditions of contracts may be obtained on application at the above-named District Head Quarter Offices, by letter addressed to the Officer Commanding, Army Service Corps, or in person between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. The tenders must be properly filled up, signed and dated; and no tenders will be noticed unless delivered upon the proper form, in time, at the above-named District Offices, under sealed envelope, marked "Tender on the outside. Enquiries for RUSSIA. A communication has been received at the Board of Trade from the British Commercial Agent at Moscow, notifying that requests have been made to him for the names and addresses of manufacturers of the following articles: Names of Manufacturers of certain Articles. Printers' stones, with photo-lithos for coloured printing in three or four colours. Dry paint, in paper sheets, used by bookbinders for colouring stamped type. Sheepskin (leather), dyed, for purse and bag making. Metallic framework for umbrellas. (The firm replying should be one specially working for export, and able to compete with the big Rhine firms in Russia.) Paper collars and cuffs (of which there is a very large consumption in Russia, a Leipzig firm mainly supplying the demand). Folding wooden length measures, four feet, with English, French and Russian equivalents thereon. Communications on the subject of the foregoing enquiries should be addressed to Mr. Henry Cooke, British Commercial Agent in Russia, 7, Malaia Dmitrovka, Moscow. Agricultural In a recent report, H.M. Consul-General at Odessa states that the most considerable British import into that port is agricultural machinery. British firms now make harvesters light enough to suit Russian draught animals, but the price is considerably higher than that of similar machines made in the United States of America. On the formation of the syndicate at Odessa and Kieff. Openings for British Trade. RUSSIA-continued. of principal American makers in 1902 the prices were brought down, and reduced a further 10 per cent. in 1903. The best American 6-foot binder with bundle carrier is sold at Odessa retail at 340 r., a 5-foot reaper at 175 r., a 5-foot mower at 140 r. The last named is the only instrument which pays duty. The terms of payment demanded by British and German firmstaking a sale of 6,000 r. worth of agricultural machinery-are arranged to fall as follows: In another part of his report, the Consul-General remarks that the agricultural machinery industry of Odessa has made noticeable progress, but the increase is to be attributed to the growth of one or at most two firms, the rest having remained stationary or ceased operations. The number of factories has fallen from five to three, one large firm having closed its works. As before, the principal item turned out consisted of ploughs, while some reapers were also manufactured. Except in regard to the manufacture of ploughs, Russian firms are unprogressive, and this allows scope for foreign enterprise, and foreign firms (British, American, German) hold the field. (Foreign Office, Annual Series, 3,128.) H.M. Consul at Kieff reports that there was a great demand for agricultural machinery in 1902, and in steam threshing sets so far as that district is concerned. The United Kingdom did the largest trade. It is also satisfactory to note that at the district agricultural exhibition, held at Berditscheff during the autumn of 1902, where most of the Continental makers of steam sets were exhibitors, the highest possible award for steam sets, viz., the "Diplome d'Honneur," was awarded to a British firm. Nevertheless, the German makers of steam threshing machinery are gradually forcing their way in this branch of trade, and although their steam threshing machinery cannot yet be said to equal what the British maker puts upon the Russian market, the willingness of the Germans to grant easier conditions of payment greatly aids them in the extension of their trade. German makers now extend |