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work and make it possible to accomplish better results with an equal 

 clerical force. 



FOREIGN MAILING LIST. 



Considerable time was devoted during the year to the proper classi- 

 fication of the foreign mailing list of the Section. It is highly impor- 

 tant for this office to make a Judicious distribution of its publications 

 abroad in order that it may the more readily procure in exchange the 

 numerous foreign ijublications required to obtain adequate statistics 

 of the world's commerce. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



During the fiscal year 1900 the Section published seven bulletins 

 and a circular, comprising in all 753 pages of printed matter. 



REPORT ON OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPORT TRADE, BY COUNTRIES. 



The first publication of the year was a report reviewing our agri- 

 cultural export trade with the several foreign countries during 1895- 

 1899. In this report, which was issued as Bulletin No. 20, the 

 official statistics of exportation were so compiled and classified as to 

 show in separate statements for each country of destination the 

 nature and value of the various products of American agriculture 

 there marketed. / 



REPORT ON OUR AGRICULTURAL IMPORT TRADE, BY COUNTRIES. 



Following the publication just mentioned, a similar report, pub- 

 lished as Bulletin No. 21, was issued on the subject of our agricultural 

 imports. The special object sought in the preparation of Bulletins 

 Nos. 20 and 21 was to secure a statistical arrangement making it 

 possible to determine at a glance the extent and character of our agri- 

 cultural exports to or imports from any given country. Besides 

 affording a convenient medium for answering inquiries, these two 

 reports proved to be exceedingly useful for reference in the general 

 work of the office. 



REPORT ON THE TRADE OF DENMARK. 



Several years ago a report was planned regarding the foreign trade 

 of Denmark, that country being of special interest agriculturally 

 because of the success there attained in tlie development of an export 

 trade in products of the farm. The completion of the report at that 

 time was prevented, however, owing to the more urgent statistical 

 work called for by the breaking out of the Spanish-American war. 

 During the past year the material previously gathered on the subject 

 of Danish trade was thorouglily revised, and after being supplemented 

 by much additional matter, bringing the facts as nearly to date as tlie 

 Danish statistics available would permit, was issued as Bulletin No. 

 9, taking the number the report would have received if published as 

 originally planned. 



REPORT ON OUR TRADE WITH SCANDINAVIA. 



During the preparation of tlie report on the trade of Denmark some 

 elaborate slatisti<ral tables were compiled reganling the commerce car- 

 ried on between the United States and Ihe three Scandinavian conn- 



