Art. 2. The office deals with information concerning: 
a. official statistics for Holland, its Colonies and Possessions, as well as for the most important countries 
of the world; 
b. import duties, customs regulations, patents, certificates of origin, monetary and banking matters, and 
similar matters; 
c. means of transport; 
d. daily papers, periodicals, directories, guides, etc; 
e. extracts from the documents named sub a, b, and d .; 
f. foreign exhibitions; 
g. foreign contracts open to tender; 
h. other subjects belonging to the sphere of the Office. 
Moreover communications will be made, as far as possible, and in that case not of a confidential 
nature, concerning: 
z. foreign samples received, their nature, packing, market value, etc., in as far as a description has 
been given by the senders, or in as far as their nature has been investigated by the Office; 
/• Suggestions received regarding the extension of commercial relations with foreign countries. 
Art. 3. The Office seeks to attain its aim 
a. by instituting a Bureau at Amsterdam, giving the information mentioned in Art. 2; 
b. by collecting particulars dealing with the information named sub a Art. 2; 
c. by opening a reading-room; 
d. by a temporary exhibition of samples of raw materials and products; 
e. by making use of the office buildings for publishing notices. 
f by granting cooperation to or receiving cooperation from other bodies, of like object to that of the 
Office, and from Chambers of Commerce at home and abroad; 
g. by adopting such measures, as would be considered necessary in connection with extension of its 
sphere ol activity, in accordance with the statutes. 
Art. 4. The Bureau is open to every visitor of good name and reputation. 
In connection with its work the Bureau includes the following departments: 
I. Commercial Intelligence; 
II. R e a d i n g- a n d E x h i b i t i o n Room; 
III. Department for the Colonial Museum at Haarlem and its Laboratory; 
IV. Administration; 
Art. 5 . The Society abstains from all commercial dealings; it ' may not be interested, 
cuhei directly 01 indirectly, in affairs about which it gives information or about which it supplies 
communications, noi may it enjoy any other profit from same, other than the fees mentioned sub Art. 14. 
(Art. 14 says fees derived from contributions, payments for the use of the readingroom and the giving 
of information, income derived from the exploitation of the office buildings, subsidies, legacies, endowments, 
or other gifts). 
Art. 15. I he administration of the Bureau has been entrusted to the A/g. Ned. Exporfbiad ,, 
Amsterdam, who are responsible for the yearly budget, approved of by them, under special agreement 
between the A/g. Ned. Exportblad and the Manager. 
