PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF FOREIGN 



COMMERCE.* 



The publications of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of State, are: 



I. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS, being the annual reports of consular officers on the 

 coinim-rcr, industries, navigation, etc., of their districts. 



II. Co.Nsri.AR REPORTS, issued monthly, and containing miscellaneous reports 

 from diplomatic and consular officers. 



III. ADVAXCK SIIKKTS, CONSTLAR REPORTS, issued daily, except Sundays and 

 Ic^-al holidays, for the convenience of the newspaper press, commercial and manu- 

 facturing organizations, etc. 



IV. EXPORTS DECLARED FOR TIIK UXITKD STATICS, issued quarterly, and con- 

 taining the declared values of exports from the various consular districts to the 

 United States for the preceding three months. 



V. SPECIAL CONSI I.AR REPORTS, containing series of reports from consular officers 

 on particular subjects, made in pursuance to instructions from the Department. 



Following are the special publications issued by the Bureau prior to 1890: 



Labor in Europe, 1878, one volume; Labor in Foreign Countries, 1884, three 

 volumes; Commerce of the World and the Share of the United States Therein, 1879; 

 Commerce of the World and the Share of the United States Therein, 1 880-81; Declared 

 Exports for the United States, First and Second Quarters, 1883; Declared Exports for 

 the United States, Third and Fourth Quarters, 1883; Cholera in Europe in 1884, 

 [885; Trade Guilds of Europe, 1885; The Licorice Plant, 1885; Forestry in Europe, 

 1887; Emigration and Immigration, 1885-86 (a portion of this work was published 

 as CONSULAR REPORTS No. 76, for the month of April, 1887); Rice Pounding in 

 Europe, 1887; Sugar of Milk, 1887- Wool Scouring in Belgium, 1887; Cattle and 

 Dairy Farming in Foreign Countries, 1888 (issued first in one volume, afterwards in 

 two volumes); Technical Education in Europe, 1888; Tariffs of Central America 

 and the British West Indies, 1890. 



The editions of all these publications except Tariffs in Central America, etc., 

 are exhausted and the Department is, therefore, unable to supply copies. 



In 1890, the Department decided to publish reports on special subjects in sepa- 

 rate form, to be entitled SPECIAL CONSULAR REPORTS. There are now the following 

 SPECIAL CONSCLAR REPORTS: 



/ '<>/. i (iSqo). Cotton Textiles in Foreign Countries, Files in Spanish America, Carpet Manufacture 

 in Foreign Countries, Malt and Beer in Spanish America, and Fruit Culture in Foreign Countries. 



Vol. 2(iSqo<in(t iSgt). Refrigerators and Food Preservation in Foreign Countries, European Emi- 

 gration, Olive Culture in the Alpes Maritimes, and Beet-Sugar Industry and Flax Cultivation in 

 Foreign Countries. 



Vol. 3 (i8qi}. Streets and Highways in Foreign Countries. (New edition, 1897.) 



I'ol. 4 (/<&?/). Port Regulations in Foreign Countries. 



I'ol.j (i&)f)- Canals and Irrigation in Foreign Countries. (New edition, 1898.) 



I'ol. b (iSgi and 1892). Coal and Coal Consumption in Spanish America, Gas in Foreign Coun- 

 tries, and India Rubber. 



I'ol. 7 (/&>2).The Stave Trade in Foreign Countries and Tariffs of Foreign Countries. 



I'ol. S(iSq2).\re. and Building Regulations in Foreign Countries. 



* Formerly Bureau of Statistics. Name changed to Bureau of Foreign Commerce by order of the 

 Secretary of State, July i, 1897. 



