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THE "BOARD OF TRADE JOURNAL." 



The " Board of Trade Journal," now published weekly at the cost 

 of one penny, is the principal medium through which intelligence 

 collected by the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of 

 Trade and intended for general information is conveyed to the 

 public. It contains notices of contracts for tender and other openings 

 for trade abroad ; particulars of changes affecting British trade in 

 foreign and colonial customs tariffs ; special articles on the trade 

 and industries of foreign countries and British possessions ; items 

 of interest under such sectional headings as " Proposed Tariff 

 Change," " Shipping and Transport " (containing port charges and 

 changes, new steamship-lines, trade and rates, &c.) ; " Minerals, 

 Metals and Machinery," &c, and other information likely to be use- 

 ful to manufacturers and traders. Various statistical tables and 

 reviews of recent Government publications are also included in the 

 contents. 



The " Board of Trade Journal " is issued every Thursday morning 

 and single copies may be obtained direct from the publishers, 

 Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, 

 E.C., at a cost of id., or it may be subscribed for (post free) at the 

 rate of 6/6 per annum for the United Kingdom. 



THE " LABOUR GAZETTE." 



The " Labour Gazette," the Journal of the Labour Department 

 .of the Board of Trade, contains an article each month on the state 

 of employment among agricultural labourers in the various parts of 

 the United Kingdom. Special articles also appear therein from 

 time to time on the rates of wages paid to agricultural labourers, 

 the Hiring Fairs in Great Britain, and on migratory Irish agricul- 

 tural labourers. The " Labour Gazette " is issued on the 15th of 

 each month, and may be obtained direct from the Publishers, 

 Messrs. Horace Marshall and Son, Temple House, Temple Avenue, 

 London, E.C., at the rate of 2s. per annum, post free. Copies may 

 also be ordered through any newsagent, price id. each. 



