Catalogue of United States Public Documents /July, 1900

No. 67 July, 1900

CATALOGUE

United States

PublicIssued Documents Monthly

BY THE

SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS Government Printing Office

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Washington Government Printing Office 1900 Table of Contents

Page Page General Information...... 417 Post-Office Department...... 428 Congress of United States...... 419 State Department...... 429 Senate...... 419 Treasury Department...... 432 House...... 419 1 War Department...... 436 Sheep-bound Reserve...... 420 j Smithsonian Institution...... 438 President of United States...... 429 Various Bureaus ...... 439 Agriculture, Department of...... 420 I Shipments to Depositories...... 441 Interior Department...... 423 | Index...... i-vil Navy Department...... 426 j

Abbreviations Used in this Catalogue

Agricultural...... agric. Number, numbers...... no.,nos. Amendments...... amdts. Octavo...... 8" American...... Amer. Page, pages...... p.,pp. Appendix...... app. Part, parts...... pt.,pts. Association...... assoc. Plate, plates...... pl. Commission ...... comn. Portrait, portraits...... por. Committee...... com. Quarto...... 40 Congress...... Cong. Railway...... ry. Consular...... cons. Report...... rp. Department...... dept. Reservation...... Res. Document...... doc. Resolution...... res. Executive...... ex. Secretary...... secy. Exposition...... expos. Section, sections...... sec. Facsimile, facsimiles...... facsim. Senate bill...... S. Folio...... f« Senate concurrent resolution...... S. C. R. General...... gen. Senate document...... S. doc. Geologic...... geol. Senate joint resolution...... S. J. R. Government...... Govt. Senate report...... S. rp. House bill...... H. Senate resolution (simple)...... S. R. House concurrent resolution...... H. C. R. Session...... 1...... sees. House document...... H. doc. Sixteenmo...... ;...... i...... 16" House joint resolution...... H. J. R. Society...... soc. House report...... H.rp. Superintendent...... supt. House resolution (simple)...... H. R. Table, tables...... tab. Illustrated, illustration, illustrations .. .il. Thirtytwo-mo...... 32" Inch, inches...... in. Topographic...... topog. Island...... I. Treasury...... Treas. Latitude...... lat. Twelvemo...... 12® Leaf, leaves...... 1. Twenty four-mo ...... 24° Longitude...... long. Versus...... vs., v. Mile, miles...... m. Volume, volumes ...... v. Miscellaneous...... mis. Year...... Vr. Nautical ...... naut.

Not e .—Documents for sale by this office are indicated by a star (*) preceding the price named. Words and figures inclosed in brackets [ ] are given for information, but do not appear on the title-pages of the publications catalogued. When size is not given octavo is to be understood. The dates, including day, month, and year, given with Senate and House documents and reports, are the dates on which they were'ordered to be printed. Usually the printing promptly follows the ordering, but various causes sometimes make delays. When Congress and session are not given with the numbers of Senate and House documents and reports, 56th Congress, 1st session, is to be understood. 416 General Information With Reference to the Distribution of Documents

CATALOGUE DISTRIBUTION Hereafter the monthly catalogue published by this office will be sent to Congress, heads of Departments, bureaus, institutions, school, public, and college libraries only. 1 his announcement is made necessary because of the impossibility of supplying the catalogue regularly to any considerable number of persons, on account of the small edition which Congress has authorized to be printed. NO FREE DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS The Superintendent of Documents is not authorized to supply documents free to individuals, except publications specifically authorized by Congress to be distributed by him to persons designated by Senators Representatives, or Delegates.

DISTRIBUTION TO LIBRARIES The Superintendent of Documents will receive documents from libraries that have them in duplicate, and will redistribute the same to other libraries to complete broken sets therein, or to libraries that have no Government publications. In making application for documents librarians should state clearly what is desired, and certify whether the documents asked for are for the purpose of making up deficiencies, or the creation of a document library. In no case will documents be supplied to a library unless it has a per- manent organization and, if not a designated depository, the indorse- ment of the Representative in Congress from the district in which located. Documents authorized by law to be distributed to designated depository libraries will be forwarded by registered mail as soon as received from tne Government Printing Office. A list of documents forwarded this month is given herein.

CUMULATIVE INDEX Beginning with the year 1900, the index of the monthly catalogue will be made cumulative for half-yearly periods. That is, the February number will contain an index to the January and February numbers the March number will index three numbers, and so on until June. SALES The Superintendent of Documents is authorized to sell at cost any public document in his charge the distribution of which is not other- wise provided for. Only one copy is permitted to be sold to the same person, excepting libraries or schools and Members of Congress. Price-lists of documents available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents will be supplied free on application in person or by mail. 417 418 July , 1900

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HOW TO REMIT Remittances may be made to the Superintendent of Documents, Union Building, Washington, D. C., by postal money order, express order, or New York draft. Postal money orders should be made payable at Sta- tion G. Stamps and personal checks will positively not be accepted. Remittances in coin or bills will be at sender’s risk. Remittances to the Public Printer should be made by postal money order, express money order, or draft on New York. Remittances to the Geological Survey should be made by money order. The Record and Pension Office will receive currency as well as postal money orders if the exact amount be sent. The Hydrographic Office sells for 50c its “Catalogue of Charts, Plans, Sailing Directions, and other Publications.” Other Government offices which have books, pamphlets, maps, or charts for sale issue price-lists, which will be sent free to all applicants. The prices charged are never more than cost and 10 per cent added, and frequently much less than that. All public documents, from whatever Department or bureau they may be bought or procured, will be forwarded free of postage to all points in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. To other countries regular rates of postage are charged, and remittances must be made to include such postage. WHERE DOCUMENTS MAY BE OBTAINED General directions as to where documents may be procured are given in the body of the catalogue. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES By act of Congress the sale of the Revised Statutes, Statutes at Large, and pamphlet laws has been transferred from the State Department to the Superintendent of Documents. The following are the prices at which the Revised Statutes and the recent Statutes at Large and pamphlet laws are sold. Prices will be furnished on application for Statutes at Large and pamphlet laws prior to the 55th Congress: Revised Statutes, edition of 1878, sheep...... $2.90 Revised Statutes, supplement, vol. 1, edition of 1891, sheep...... 2.00 Revised Statutes, supplement, vol. 2, nos. 1-5, paper...... 50 Revised Statutes, supplement, vol. 2, no. 6, paper...... 15 Revised Statutes, supplement, vol. 2, no. 7, paper...... 30 Laws of 1st session, 55th Congress, 1897, paper...... 35 Laws of 2d session, 55th Congress, 1897-98, paper...... 95 Laws of 3d session, 55th Congress, 1898-99, paper...... 1. 00 Statutes at Large, vol. 30, 55th Congress, 1897-99, sheep...... 3. 00 Laws of 1st session, 56th Congress, 1899-1900, paper...... 1.10 Catalogue of Public Documents

Printed During the Month of July, 1900

Congress of United States Congressional Record, 56th Congress, 1st session, v. 33, no. 151. July 9, 1900. p. 7767-7824, 4° Note .—The Congressional Record, containing the proceedings and dehates of Congress, is issued daily when Congress is in session, and indexes thereto are published semimonthly. Congress adjourned June 7; hut a few additional numbers of the Record, containing speeches, were subsequently issued. . - SENATE Bibliography of District of Columbia, list of books, maps, and newspapers, including articles in magazines and other publications, to 1898; prepared for Columbia Historical Society by Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan. 1900. v-{-211pp. (S. doc. 61.) General index to reports of receipts and expenditures of secretaries of Senate, 1823-Jan. 31,1900. 1900. 349 pp. (S. doc. 290.)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTER Gallinger, J. H. Report favoring S. 4816, for closing part of alley in square 169, Washington, D. C., and for sale thereof to Young Men’s Christian Association of Washington. June 5,1900. 1 p. map. (S. rp. 1666.) INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Platt, O. H. Report submitting S. 4462, to amend act making appropriations for Indian Department, 1897 [so as to reduce salary of commissioner to negotiate with Chippewa Indians in Minnesota and terminate his powers on Oct. 1,1900], as substitute for S. 2030. Apr. 27,1900. 3 pp. (S. rp. 1078 [corrected edition].)

MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Sewell, W. J. Report favoring S. 3489, to grant right of way through Fort Ontario military reservation, N. Y., to Oswego and Rome Rail- road Company. May 17,1900. 4 pp. map. (S. rp. 1358.) Shoup, G. L. Report favoring amendment to H. 11212, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses, 1901 [to establish branch of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Fort Sherman military reservation, Idaho]. May 15, 1900. 6 pp. 3 maps. (S. rp. 1335.) HOUSE

History of coinage act of 1873, record of all documents issued and legis- lative proceedings concerning act. 1900. 323 pp. 419 420 July , 1900

SHEEP-BOUND RESERVE

Not e .—These volumes, which have been previously published in unbound form or in one or more cloth editions, are now for the first time ready for distribution in sheep binding. The number in black-faced type appended to the description of each volume is the serial number in the set of Congressional documents, in contin- uation of those adopted in the Checklist of Public Documents issued by this office. 55th Congress, 2d session. Senate documents, v. 26. Nos. 290-341, except 302 and 329; Direct legislation, etc. [3615] ----- House documents, v. 18. No. 5; Reports of Department of Interior, 1897, Geological Survey, pt. 4, hydrography. [3646] ----- Same, v. 19, 20. No. 5; Reports of Department of Interior, 1897,Geo- logical Survey, pt. 5,2 pts., Mineral Resources, 1896. [3647, 3648] ----- Same, v. 31. Nos. 12, 94,156, 203, 319, and Senate document 302; Es- timates of appropriations, receipts and expenditures, deficiency estimates. [3659] ----- Same, v. 39. Nos. 142-205, except 156,157,164,166-170, 201, 203; miscellaneous. [3667] ----- Same, v. 51. Nos. 207-387, except 227, 259, 262, 278, 288,299, 301, 302 314,319,321,338; miscellaneous. [3679] ----- Same, v. 82. No. 581; Geological Survey monographs, v. 29, Geology of old Hampshire County, Mass. [3711] ----- Same, v. 83. No. 582; Geological Survey monographs, v. 30, Fossil medusae. [3712] 55th Congress, 3d session. Senate documents, v. 4. Nos. 31-58, except 48, 51 pt. 2; Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, etc [3728] ----- Same, v. 5. No. 48; Coast and Geodetic Survey report, 1898. [3729 J ----- Same, v. 6. No. 51, pt. 2; American Republics Bureau monthly bulletin, July-Dec. 1898, v. 6, nos. 1-6. [3730] ----- House documents, v. 55. No. 101; Geological Survey monographs v. 31, Aspen district, Colo., text. [3797]

President of United States Big Horn forest reserve, 2d proclamation. [June 29,1900.] [2] pp. f° Reciprocity with Italy, proclamation. [July 18, 1900.] 3 pp. f° [Request of Emperor of China for intervention by United States, and reply thereto.] [July 23,1900.] iil. f°

Agriculture, Department of

Note .—Those publications of the Department of Agriculture which are for sale, except those of the Weather Bureau, will be supplied by the Superintendent of Documents, Union Building, Washington, D. C. Bor the unpriced publications application should be made io the Secretary of Agriculture. The Department has no list of addresses to which all its publications are sent. It issues a monthly list of publications, which is mailed to all applicants, enabling them to select 'such reports and bulletins as interest them. [Bureau of Animal Industry] order 66,67; July 13, 1900. Each Ip. [Consist of orders concerning cattle transportation, etc.] Development of transportation in United States, by Angus Sinclair- from Yearbook, 1899. [1900.] ii643-663 pp. Rapport sur 1’usage et les possibility de I’extension du mais, ble d’lnde en Europe. 1892 [reprint 1900]. 22 pp. Contents: B16 d’lnde aux Etats-Unis; parB. W. Snow. Mais comme aliment, Importance du; par H. W. Wiley. July , 1900 421

Work of breeder in improving live stock, by John Clay, jr.; from Year- book, 1899. [1900.] ii 4-627-642 pp. Yearbook, 1899. 1900 [reprint], 880 pp. 33 il. 60 pl. 4 maps. [Special edition, Paris Exposition. See for contents catalogue for June, pages 405, 406.]

AGROSTOLOGY DIVISION

American grasses, 1; by F. Lamson-Scribner. 1900. 319 pp. 302 il. narrow 8° (Bulletin 7, 3d edition; [publication] 69.) * Cloth 30c Fodder and forage plants, exclusive of grasses; by Jared G. Smith. 1900. 86 pp. 46 il. 2 pl. (Bulletin 2, revised edition; [publication] 65.) . *5c Studies on American grasses: revision of North American species of bromus occurring north of Mexico; by Cornelius L. Shear. July 3, 1900. 66 pp. 40 il.. (Bulletin 23; [publication 70, erroneously printed as no.] 65.) *5c

ANIMAL INDUSTRY BUREAU

Administrative work of Federal Government in relation to animal industry, by George F. Thompson; from Yearbook, 1899. [1900.] iii-f- 441-464 pp. Hog cholera and swine plague; by D. E. Salmon. Dec. 1894 [reprint 1900], 16 pp. (Farmers’bulletin 24.) Some examples of development of knowledge concerning animal diseases, by D. E. Salmon; from Yearbook, 1899. [1900.] iii93-134 pp.

DAIRY DIVISION

Dairy development in United States, by Henry E. Alvord; from Year- book, 1899. [1900.] v4-381-402 pp. 12 il. 8 pl. ([Publication] 29.) BIOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION Directory of State officials and organizations concerned with protection of birds and game. July 10, 1900. 8 pp. (Circular 28.) Legislation for protection of birds other than game birds; by T. S. Palmer. 1900 [reprint]. 94 pp. 8 il. 2 maps. (Bulletin 12.) *10c Protection and importation of [wild animals and] birds under act approved May 25, 1900. July 13, 1900. 6 pp. (Circular 29.)

BOTANY DIVISION Contributions from U. S. National Herbarium, v. 5, no. 5, plant covering of Ocracoke Island, study in ecology of North Carolina strand vegetation [with bibliography] ; by Thomas H. Kearney, jr. 1900. 63 pp. 18 il. *5c Crimson clover seed. [July 20,1900.] 7 pp. 3 il. (Circular 18 revised.) Farmer’s interest in good seed; by A. J. Pieters. 1900 [reprint]. 24 pp. 7 il. (Farmers’ bulletin 111.) Rubber cultivation for Porto Rico. [June 22,1900.] 12 pp. (Circular 28.)

SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION SECTION

Horse-radish culture in Bohemia. [Dec. 15,1899, reprint 1900.] 3 pp. 2 il. ([Publication] 9; Botany Division, circular 20.) 422 July , 1900

• CHEMISTRY DIVISION Composition chimique du mai's et de ses produits, par H. W. Wiley; traduit par Edmond Gain. June 22, 1900. 13 pp. (Circular 6.) [This is an abstract of Bulletin 50.]

• EXPERIMENT STATIONS OFFICE Agricultural education in United States, by A. C. True; from Year- book, 1899. [1900.] iii + 157-190 pp. Development of nutrition investigations of Department of Agriculture, by A. C. True and R. D. Milner; from Yearbook, 1899, [1900.] iii+ 403-414 pp. Food, nutrients, food economy [with bibliography]. [June 20, 1900.] 6 pp. il. (Circular 43 revised; [publication] 313.) Fowls, care and feeding; by G. C. Watson. 1896 [reprint 1900]. 24 pp. 4 il. ([Publication] 171; farmers’bulletin 41.) Land-grant and other colleges and national defense; by Charles W. Dabney. [Reprint 1900.J 15 pp. (Circular 40; [publication] 279.)

FORESTRY DIVISION Forestry for farmers, by B. E. Fernow; reprinted from Yearbooks for 1894 and 1895. 1898 [reprint 1900], 48 pp. 15 il. (Farmers’bulletin 67.) Southern pine, mechanical and physical properties. [Mar. 6, 1896, reprint 1900.] 12 pp. 4 il. 4° (Circular 12.) POMOLOGY DIVISION I Apple and how to grow it; by G. B. Brackett. 1900 [reprint]. 32 pp. 10 il. (Farmers' bulletin 113.) PUBLIC ROAD INQUIRIES OFFICE Good roads for farmers; by Maurice O. Eldridge. [2d edition.] 1900 [reprint], 47 pp. 49 il. (Farmers’ bulletin 95.) [Higbie-Armstrong act of Legislature of New York relating to road improvement.] May 16, 1900. 15 pp. (Circular 35.) Progress of road building in I'nited States, by Maurice O. Eldridge; from Yearbook, 1899. [1900.] ii + 367-380*pp. 4 pl.

PUBLICATIONS DIVISION Marketing farm produce; by George G. Hill. 1897 [reprint 1900]. 28 pp. 7 il. (Farmers’ bulletin 62.) Monthly list of publications [of Department of Agriculture], July 1900. 4 pp. ([Publication] 385.)

SOILS DIVISION Description of soil map of Connecticut Valley. [June 29, 1900.] 4 pp. (Circular 7; [publication] 37.) Soil investigations in United States, by Milton Whitney- from Year book, 1899. [1900.] iii + 335-346 pp. ''

Maps Soil map [of Connecticut Valley], Conn, and Mass., Hartford sheet. ■ Scale 1:62,500, contour interval 20 ft. Edition of 1899 [published 1900]. 43.1x14.1 in. [From Field Operations of Division of Soils, 1899. Limited edition, mounted.] July , 1900 423

STATISTICS DIVISION Crop Reporter, v. 2, no. 3; July, 1900. 8 pp. 4° [Monthly.] Progress of agriculture in United States, by George K. Holmes; from Yearbook, 1899. [1900.] iii 4-307-331 pp. VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DIVISION Cause and prevention of pear blight, by M. B. Waite; from Yearbook, 1895. [Reprint 1900.] p. 295-300. Peach leaf curl, its nature and treatment ; by Newton B. Pierce. 1900. 204 pp. 4* [30] 1. 10 il. 30 pl. (Bulletin 20, [publication] 72; H. doc. 694.) *20c WEATHER BUREAU

Note .—For these publications application should be made to the Chief of the Weather Bureau. Climate and Crop Bulletin, July 2-30, 1900; nos. 16-20 [1900]. 24 x 19 in. [Weekly Apr.-Sept., monthly remainder of year.] Note .—Contains reports of temperature and rainfall, with special reference to their effect on crops. Meteorological chart of Great Lakes, monthly during season of navigation, Aug. 1900; no. 4 [1900]. 19 X 24 in. Not e .—Text on face and back of chart gives information as to storms, fog, precipitation, etc. Monthly Weather Review, v. 28, no. 5, Cleveland Abbe, editor; May, 1900. July 24, 1900. p. 193-238, il. 8 pp. of pl. and maps, 4" ([Pub- lication] 224.) 10c single copy, $1.00 a yr Note .—Summary of weather and river and flood reports from all parts of the United States, with notes covering other countries and various topics of meteorology. Special articles are— Brazos River Valley, Tex., Special report on floods in, Apr. 27-May 37, 1900, also freshets in other streams; by I. M. Cline. Doudna, Prof. P. E.; by F. Cajori. Halo at Detroit, Mich., May, 1900; by J. K. Hooper. Lake levels and wind phenomena; by A. J. Henry. Meteorology, Recent papers bearing on; by W. F. R. Phillips. Oregon weather and Bering Sea ice; by E. A. Beals. Springfield, Mo., Local storm at; by J. S. Hazen. Report of chief, [calendar year] 1898; pt. 2, climatology; hourly aver- ages of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and wiud at 28 stations. 1900. p. 15-69, 4° [Includes list of observing stations.] Same, pt. 3, climatology; monthly and annual meteorological summa- ries [159 stations]. 1900. p. 71-153, 4" Same, pt. 4, climatology; monthly and annual mean temperature and annual extremes of temperature, with dates of first aud last killing frost. 1900. p. 155-190, 4° Same, pt. 5, climatology; monthly and annual precipitation, all stations. 1900. p. 191-247, 4° [Includes monthly and seasonal snowfall, 1898-99.] Tables of daily and monthly precipitation [calendar years 1893-95]. [1900.] 256 pp. [These tables are incomplete, the alphabetical arrangement of observing stations not extending beyond Pierre.] Weather map, July 1-31,1900. 19 x 24 in. [Daily.]

Interior Department

Not e .—The Decisions of the Department of the Interior in pension cases are issued in slips and in signatures, and the Decisions in land cases are issued in signatures, both being published later in bound volumes at prices ranging from $1.05 to $1.45 per volume. Subscribers may deposit $1.00 in the Department and receive the contents of a volume of the Decisions of either kind in separate parts as they are issued. Of the Land Decisions usually two volumes are issued yearly, while the Pension-Decision volumes appear at longer intervals, sometimes more than two years apart. 424 July , 1900

Decisions in appealed pension and bounty-land claims, v. 10, [signatures] i, ii, 30-32, published separately, p. i-xviii -f- 465-499. [ Con- tents are the same as those of slip 142, for which see catalogue for June, with title-page, tables ot cases, index to decisions, etc for volume 10.] ’ Same, [v. 11, slips] 1-10, published separately. Contents: Amputation ; act of Aug. 4, 1886. No. 1. May 31, 1900. 12 pp. Attorney ship: forfeiture; recognition. No. 6. June 22, 1900 3 pp Disability; act June 27, 1890. No. 10. July 14, 1900. 3 pp. Discharge; desertion; practice. No. 3. June 8, 1900. 5 pp. Line of duty; leave of absence. No. 8. June 27, 1900. 5 pp. ----- retired officer; origin. No. 7. June 27, 1900. 3 pp. Rank; rate; act of June 27, 1890; construction. No. 9. June 10, 1900. 4 pp. Rate; dependent relatives; commencement. No. 4. June 14, 1900. 3 pp Service; Mexican war. No. 5. June 18, 1900. 5 pp. ----- militia. No. 2. June 7, 1900. 2 pp. Decisions in appealed pension and bounty-land claims, also table of cases, and of statutes cited and construed; by John W. Bixler [1898- 1900], v. 10, xviii-|-499 pp. [These decisions are prepared in the Board of Pension Appeals, but are promulgated by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Part of page 464 is unprinted.] Sheep, $1.05 Decisions of Department and General Land Office relating to public lands, July, 1899-Apr. 1900; by S. V. Proudfit. 1900. v. 29 xxvi 4-770 pp. 1 pl. Sheep, $1.15 Same, v. 30, [signatures] 2-7, published separately, p. 17-112. Contents: Abandoned military reservation; homestead application, p. 90. Alaskan lands; mining claim, p. 40. Approximation; exchange of lands; act of June 4, 1897, p. 105. Coal lands; forest reservations; act of J uno 4,1897, p. 92 Contestant ; preference right; soldiers’additional homestead p. 61. .Desert land entry; insane entryman; relinquishment p 71 Forest reservation; lieuselection; act of June 4, 1897 p 44 Forest reserves; sec. 24, act of Mar. 3,1891; rules and regulations n 23 Free homesteads; act of May 17,1900, p. 50. ' Homestead contest; abandonment; act of June 16,1898, p. 57. Homestead entry; leave of absence; residence, p. 21. Indian lands; Otoe and Missouria lands, p. 41. Indian reservation; commutation; act of May 17, 1900 p. 78. — — timber cutting; mining claim, p. 88. _ Mining claim; adverse proceedings; excluded ground, p.67 application for patent; notice, p. 74. — — regulations of June 24, 1899, amended, p. 43. Oklahoma lands; indemnity, p. 87. — — indemnity school selection; act of Jan. 18, 1897, p. 83. Omaha Indian Reservation; sec. 2, act of Aug. 7, 1882; act of May 17,1900 n 82 1 m ate claim; reservation; selection or location, p. 97. Railroad grant; act of Mar. 3,1875; right of way, p. 77. ----- indemnity selection; duplication of bases, p. 106. ----- settlement claim, p. 51. Relinquishment; qualifications, p. 37. Repayment; assignee; sec. 2, act of June 16, 1880, p. 53. ----- price of land within railroad limits, p. 111. Soldiers’ additional homestead; assignment, p. 39. State selection; entry; act of Aug. 18,1894, p.79. Swamp land; relinquishment, p. 109. Timber land entry; transferee; evidence, p. 64. Wagon road grant; act of July 2,1864; railroad lands, p. 19. GENERAL LAND OFFICE [Circular] amendment to Rules and Regulations Governing Forest Reserves [issued Apr. 4, 1900], P. July 5, 1900. 1 p. Circular [M, to registersand receivers and disbursing agents] from Ac- counts Division, in relation to preparation and transmission of monthly and quarterly accounts and returns. June 8, 1900. 36 pp. Circular, provisions [of act making further provision for civil govern went tor Alaska, etc.] governing recording of mining locations ex- ploration and mining of tide lands, rights to dredge and mine below lowtide, etc. July 11, 1900. 4 pp. July , 1900 425

Circular, special instructions to registers and receivers [relative to discharge of their official duties], M. July 7, 1900. 3 pp. Circular, special instructions to surveyors-general [relative to discharge of their official duties], M. July 7, 1900. 2 pp.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Note .—The publications of the United States Geological Survey include annual reports and Water-supply and Irrigation Papers, which are intended for free distribution; and Monographs, Bulletins, and folios of the Geologic Atlas of the United States, which are sold at prices ranging from 5c to $11.00 each. Address the Director of the Geological Survey, Washington. Alaska. Altitudes in Alaska; by Henry Gannett, 1900. 13 4-xi-|-[i]j?p. (Bulletin 169; H. doc. 718.) 5c ----- Reconnaissance from Resurrection Bay to Tanana River, Alaska, 1898, by Walter Curran Mendenhall; from 20th report, pt. 7. 1900. p. 265-340, 8 pl. 3 maps, large 8° ----- Reconnaissance in southwestern Alaska, 1898, by Josiah Edward Spurt; from 20th report, pt. 7. 1900. p. 31-264,15 il. 7 pl. 11 maps, large 8° ----- Reconnaissance in Sushitna Basin and adjacent territory, Alaska, 1898, by George Homans Eldridge; from 20th report, pt. 7. 1900. p. 1-29, 6 pl. 3 maps, 2 in pocket, large 8 ’ Chemistry. Contributions to chemistry and mineralogy from laboratory of survey; Erank W. Clarke, chief chemist. 1900. 166 4- xi 4- [i] pp. 7 il. (Bulletin 167; H. doc. 716.) 15c Contents: Clarke, F. W. Alkaline reaction of some natural silicates. ----- Constitution of tourmaline. ----- and Darton, N. H. On hydromica from New Jersey. ----- and Steiger, George. Experiments relative to constitution of pectolite, pyrophyllite, calamine, and analcite. Hillebraud, W. F. Colorimetric estimation of small amounts of chromium, with special reference to analysis of rocks and ores. ----- Distribution and quantitative occurrence of vanadium and molybdenum in rocks of United States. ----- Mineralogical notes. ----- Volumetric estimation of vanadium in presence of small amounts of chromium, with special reference to analysis of rocks and ores. ----- Warning against use of tluoriferous hydrogen peroxide in estimating titanium. Steiger, George. Solubility in water of certain natural silicates. Stokes, H. N. On chloronitrides of phosphorus and metaphosphimic acids. Coal, Reconnaissance in Rio Grande coal fields of Texas [with bibliography], by Thomas Wayland Vaughan; including report on igneous rocks from San Carlos coal field, by E. C. E. Lord. 1900. 100 4-xi[i] PP-9 il. 9 pl. 2 maps. (Bulletin 164; H. doc. 633.) 20c Coral. Eocene and lower oligocene coral faunas of United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully cretaceous species [with bibliog- / raphy] ; by T. Wayland Vaughan. 1900. 263-[-x[i] pp. 24 pl. 4° (Monographs, v. 39; H. doc. 726.) $1.10 Flathead forest reserve, by H. B. Ayres; from 20th report, pt. 5, 1900. i 245-316 pp. 33 pl. 5 maps, large 8° Forests of United States, by Henry Gannett; from 20th report, pt. 5. 1900. i -f-1-37 pp. 7 maps, 2 in pocket, large 8° Geologic atlas of United States, Bristol folio, Va.-Tenn. Library edition. 1899 [1900]. 8 pp. 2 pl. 4 maps, large 4° (Folio 59.) 25c Same, Menominee special folio, Mich. Library edition. 1899 [1900]. 13 pp. 13 il. 2 maps, large 4° (Folio 62.) 25c Idaho. Survey of boundary line between Idaho and Montana from international boundary to crest of Bitterroot Mountains; by Richard Urquhart Goode. 1900. 67 4-xi-|- [i] pp. il. 14 pl. (Bulletin 170; H. doc. 719.) 15c 426 July , 1900

Pikes Peak, Plum Creek, and South Platte forest reserves, by John G Jack ; from 20th report, pt. 5. 1900. i + 39-115 pp. 37 pl. 3 maps in pocket, large 8° 1 1 Report. 20th annual report, 1899, Charles D. Walcott, director; nt 5 forest reserves. 1900. xix + 498 pp. 2 il. 124 pl. 27 maps, large 8° and atlas of 8 maps, large 8° (Interior Dept., Reports, 1899.) *$2.80 Con tents: Battlement Mesa forest reserve; bv G. B. Sudworth Bitterroot forest reserve; by J. B. Leibero- Flathead forest reserve; byH. B. Ayres. ° Forests of United States; by Henry Gannett. Pikes Peak Plum Creek, and South Platte reserves; bv J. G. Jack San Bernardino forest reserve; by J . B. Leiberg San Gabriel forest reserve; by J. B. Leiberg ° San Jacinto forest reserve; by J. B. Leiberg. White River Plateau timber land reserve; bv G. B. Sudworth. — Same, xix + 498 pp. 2 il. 124 pl. 35 maps, 8 in pocket, large 8° (In- terior Dept., Reports, 1899; H. doc. 5.) V Rocks. Analyses of rocks from laboratory of survey, 1880-99; by F W Clarke. 1900. 308 + xi + [i] pj». (Bulletin 168; H. doc. 717.) [This is a revised edition of bulletin 148.] L 20c M bite River Plateau and Battlement Mesa forest reserves, by George B. Sudworth; from 20th report, pt. 5. 1900. i 4- 117-243 nn ?R nl 2 maps in pocket, large 8" - 1 •

HYDROGRAPHY DIVISION Geology and water resources of portion of southeastern South Dakota ■ by James Edward Todd. 1900. 34 pp. 5 pl. 5 maps, 1 in pocket’ (VV ater-supply and irrigation papers 34; IL doc. 663.) *10c Operations at river stations, [calendar year] 1899, report. 1900. pts. '■‘>9 79f?1-396, <" ater’8llPPly aild irrigation papers 36-38; H. doc ' *Each 10c PATENT OFFICE

Note .—The Patent Office publishes specifications and drawings of natents both n single copies and monthly volumes, the former at 5c and tTie latter a$5 00 The former are not enumerated in this catalogue. For certified coffieof ™tPnu including specification, drawing, certificate, and grant, theprice is 80c A virietv onl’u T'T’ 71V1?S a complete view of the work of the office from 1790 to date are published at prices ranging from 25c to $10.00 per volume. The Rules of Practice and pamphlet Patent Laws are furnished free. The Patent Office issues counon at $5rM^booakge8n0f 20 at^L00.l,er Package, or in books containing 100 coupons at $5.00 per book. One coupon will procure a specification with drawings and two clerTpaten^ffice6 GaZette’ T',eyare g°°d UUtil Adfrels ChFef

Decisions of commissioner of patents and of United States courts in pat- eiit and trade-mark cases; compiled from Official Gazette of Patent Office, [calendar] year 1899. 1900. ix-(-528 pp.il. (H. doc 710) °“ UrgeG“etlW«ki; V1’ 19°°; V- ”2' ”°8' Vn H038+ [cix] pp.' il. Ft 10c single copy, $5.00 a yr Not e .—Contains the patents, trade marks, designs, and labels issued each week • patenVcase^8 Commi8sioner of Patents and of United States courts

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Circular defining chief characteristics of 3 battle ships authorized bv ; eX"TiSv8hips a'“hMized v‘S Xlii «, LJuiy 1/, 1900.J 1/ pp. General court-martial order 43-49 [1900] ; May 21-June 4, 1900. 12° General order 4, 5 [new series] ; July 1, 31, 1900. 12° ’ July , 1900 427

Navy yard order 159-162, employment of labor at navy yards; July 2-13, 1900. Each 1 p. narrow 12° Special order 1 [new series]; July 3,1900. 7 pp. 12° [Circular relating to enlistment of men for naval service.]

EQUIPMENT BUREAU Corrections in general brush specifications. [1900.] 1 p. 12° Directions for use of vacuum arctic engine oil. [1900.] 1 p. 12° General specifications for plans of coaling plant, naval coal depot, Frenchmans Bay, Me. [July, 1900.] 3 pp. f° Specifications for cork ring life buoys. July 6, 1900. 1 p. 12° Specifications for octant. [May 20,1895, reprint 1900.] 4 pp. 12" Specifications for spyglass for officer of deck. [Apr. 8,1897, reprint 1900.] 2 pp. 12" HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE

Note .—The Charts, Sailing Directions, etc., of the Hydrographic Office are sold by the office in Washington and also by agents at the principal American and foreign seaports and American lake ports. Copies of the Hydrographic Bulletin and Notice to Mariners are supplied free on application at the Hydrographic Office in Washington and at the branch offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oreg.), Port Townsend, Chicago, Cleveland, Butfalo, Sault Ste. Marie, and Duluth. Hydrographic bulletin, weekly, 566-569; July 3-25, 1900. Each 1 p. oblong large 8 ’ and large 4" Not e .—Contains accounts of obstructions and dangers along the coast and the principal ocean routes, etc. Notice to Mariners, weekly, 27-30, 1900; July 7-28. 285-326+ [12] 1. map. Not e .—Contains information of newly discovered dangers to navigation and of establishment and changes of lights and other aids. For economy and convenience in distribution the items in each number relating to different geographical sections are reprinted separately, as Notice to Mariners 27, sec. 2, etc. Supplement [to] China Sea Directory, v. 3, 3d edition, 1894 [British Admiralty]. 1900. 12 1. 15c Supplement [to] China Sea Directory, v. 4, 3d edition, 1894 [British Admiralty]. 1900. 15 1. 15c Charts

Bluefields Lagoon, Nicaragua, from survey in 1899 by U. S. S. Vixen, scale naut. in. =5.94 in.; with sketch of back channel above lagoon, scale naut. m. = 1.74 in.; chart 1858. June, 1900. 35.67 X 37.98 and 6.5 X 5.7 in. 80c Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, approaches to Waubaushene, from Canadian surveys in 1892-93; chart 1864. Scale naut. m. = 1.45 in. June, 1900. 33.09 X 32.55 in. 80c Georgian Bay, Lake/Huron, from Canadian surveys in 1884-94; chart 1863. Scale naut. m. = 0.37 in. July, 1900. 36.08 x 32.48 in. 80c Pei-ho or Peking River, China, sheet 1, from entrance to Ko-ku, from survey by French Imperial Marine, 1858; chart 1870. Scale naut. m. =2.4 in. July, 1900. 23.5 X 42 in. 60c Pei-ho or Peking River, China, sheet 2, from Ko-ku to Tien-tsin, from survey by French Imperial Marine, 1858; chart 1871. Scale naut. m. =2.4 in. July, 1900. 24.4 X 37.3 in. 60c Pei-ho or Peking River, China, sheet 3, from Tien-tsin to Tung-chow, [from British survey in] 1860; chart 1872. Scale naut. m. =2.2 in. July, 1900. 25.1 X 38.8 in. 60c Pei-ho or Peking River, China, sheet 4, from Tung-chow to Peking, [from British survey in] 1860; chart 1873. Scale naut. m.=2.2 in. July, 1900. 25.2 X 38.7 in. 60c 428 July , 1900

Pilot chart of north Atlantic Ocean, July, 1900; chart 1400 Scale 1° long=0.27 in. 21x32 in. [Monthly.] pj® Note .—Contains, in addition to sailing routes, etc., pressure conditions giving rise to sudden shift of wind in north Atlantic; charts published, etc June 1-30, 1900; equator crossings in Pacific Ocean; forecast and review of weather. Pilot chart of north Pacific Ocean, Aug. 1900; chart 1401. Scale 1° long. =0.2 in. 20.7 X 35.3 in. [-Monthly.] ioc Not e .—Contains, in addition to sailing routes, etc., forecast of wind and weather; storm tracks: fishing banks; charts published, etc., June 25-July 25 1900; typhoons in east Asiatic waters; equator crossings in Atlantic Ocean. Quinte, Bay of, Lake Ontario, Kingston to Deseronto, from Canadian survey in 1893 and United States survey in 1874; chart 1837 Scale naut. m. = 1 in. July, 1900. 20 x 29.52 in. ’ 30c St.John Harbor and approaches, Antigua, West Indies, from British survey in 1848; chart 1840. Scale naut. m. =3.95 in. June 1900 33.15 X 24.45 in. 50f’ NAVIGATION BUREAU List and station of commissioned and warrant officers of Navy and Marine Corps on active list, July 1, 1900. 104 pp. Regulations governing admission of candidates into Naval Academy June, 1900. 15 pp.

ORDNANCE BUREAU Specifications for manufacture of 5-inch R. F. guns and mounts. [July 12,1900.] 4 pp. 12° L J Specifications for material and manufacture of cal. 30 Colt automatic gun. July 11, 1900. 1 p. 12°

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Specification 1084 for completion of commandant’s office at naw vard League Island, Pa. [July, 1900.] 12 pp. f" 1 ’ Specification 1085 for new roof for building 12 at navy yard New York' [July, 1900.] 4 pp. f° Specification 1086 for removing crib work, etc., Cob Dock at naw vard New York. [July, 1900.] 2 pp. f0 J 1 ’

Post-Office Department ft Hi"™ °! P“,al L‘W* "" •*« Lnited States Official Postal Guide, 2d series, v. 22 no 7- Tulv 1900 New York. 36 pp. 12' [Monthly.] ’ a yr Not e .—No. 1, January, for each year, is what is usually known as the Postal Guide, nos. 2-12 being additions and corrections. Sold bv the printers the Metro polltan Job Print 226 West 26th street, New York City. (Beginning with the Pb&lpbia Pa.) P 1 ’,e Ge°rge F' Lasher’ 147 *orth 10th street®

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State Department Not e .—The State Department distributes the Consular Reports and other De- partmental publications gratuitously. For sale of laws see page 418. Diplomatic list, July, 1900. 12 pp. 24° [Monthly.] Report on forestry in Sweden; by C. C. Andrews. Revised edition. Jan. 24,1900. 35 pp. (S. doc. 452.) AMERICAN REPUBLICS BUREAU

Note .—This Bureau sells its own monthly bulletins, handbooks, etc., at prices usually ranging from 5c to 60c. Address the Director of the Bureau. [9th] annual report of director, 1899; pt. 4, handbook of Venezuela, English and Spanish, and Worthington’s reports. Dec. 10, 1899 [published] 1900. ii-j-278H-178pp.il. (H. doc. 175, pt. 4.) Mexico, geographical sketch, with special reference to economic conditions and prospects of future development [with bibliography]. 1900. 385 pp. Monthly bulletin, July, 1900; whole no. 82, v. 9, no. 1. p. 1-268. [Con- tains articles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.] 25c single copy, $2.00 a yr Contents: Accessions to library. Argentina. Foreign commerce 1st quarter of 1900; pavements of Buenos Ayres; trade of Rosario in 1899 and 1900; miscellaneous notes. Bolivia. New mining laws; notes. ' Book notices. Brazil. Treaty of extradition with Chile: railway from Recife to Limoeiro; notes. Chile. President's message; nitrate statistics; copper properties; imports of cement; notes. Costa Rica. Removal of obstructions to navigation; reduction of tariff on lumber; estimate of foreign commerce. Ecuador. Capital of principal banks; award of railroad contract. Guatemala. New mining law; new immigration law; exportation tax on cattle. Gutta-percha and submarine cables. Haiti. Notes. Honduras. Message of President; important railway contract; increased transportation facilities; notes. Latin America, Trade opportunities in. Marine Congress, International [Paris, 1900]. Mexico. French report on Mexican foreign commerce; cotton manufacturing industry: power of attorney; colonization concessions; commerce of Pacific States; notes. Nicaragua. Commerce of San Juan del Norte district in 1899. Paraguay. Commerce of 1899; notes. Periodicals and newspapers on file. Peru. General agricultural review: mining industries of Republic; notes. Railways of the world. Salvador. Recent tariff changes. Spanish America. Trade with. United States. English study of industrial development . ----- Trade with Latin America; notes. Uruguay. Foreign commerce in 1898; miscellaneous notes. Venezuela. Notes. FOREIGN COMMERCE BUREAU Advance sheets of consular reports, July 2-31,1900; nos. 770-794. 1 tab. [Daily except Sundays and holidays.] Contents: Agricultural exports from Uruguay, by A. AV. Swaim ; no. 785. Agricultural fair at Coburg, by O. J. D. Hughes; no. 794. Agricultural machines in Bulgaria, note; no. 788. 430 July , 1900

Advance sheets of consmar reports—Continued. Contents—Continued. Air ship in Switzerland, by J. T. Du Bois; no. 792. Armor-plate manufacture, German, by Richard Guenther; no. 792. Automobile mail coaches, German, note; no. 775. Beet-sugar industry, German, by G. H. Murphy; no. 791. Beet waste, sugar-. Utilization of, as manure, by G. H. Murphy - no 789 Beets, sugar, Acreage of, for 1900, note; no. 771. Boilers, Preventing incrustation in, note; no. 776. Butter packing, Australian, by G. H. Murphy ; no. 772. Cable, New Get man-American, note; no. 793.' Canada, Customs regulations in, transmitted by F. S. S. Johnson; no. 770. Canary Islands, Tarift in, by Solomon Berliner; no. 774. Cattle, Diseased Argentine, at Cape Town, note; no. 773. Cattle exports, Guatemalan, note; no. 783. Cheese of pasteurized milk in Sweden, note; no. 772. Chungking, Steamship service with, note; no. 773. Cigarettes in Colombia, note; no. 772. Clover seed, American, by Andrew Geddes; no. 783. Coal, Belgian demand for, note; po. 778. ----- Dutch demand for, note; no. 778. ----- United States, for Brazil, note; no. 779. Coffee production, World’s, transmitted by R. M. Bartieman- no 778 Colombia, Export dues in, by A. T. Hanabergh ; no. 780. Commercial travelers, Foreign, in Roumania, note; no. 773 ----- in Switzerland, note; no.776. Co__pper, World’s production of, consumption in Germany, by J. F. Monaghan; no. Cotton industry, Egyptian, transmitted by J. G. Long; no. 774. Dawson, notes from, Koyukuk region, by J. C. McCook; no. 774. Dentistry in Switzerland, by II. H. Morgan; no. 773. Department stores in Germany, Special taxation of, by F. H. Mason; no. 781. Elbe-Trave Canal, by F. D. Hill and J. F. Monaghan ■ no. 784 Electric cartridges, Italian, note; no.773. Electric tramways in Valencia, by H. L. Washington; no. 778. Electric works in Bombay, by W. T. Fee; no. 774 Electrical tramways in Barcelona, by J. G. Lay - no 782 Electricity in British cities, by Marshal Halstead; no. 790. farm life in Brazil, transmitted by Eugene Seeger; no. 774. Flax and flaxseed, European demand for, by F. H.Mason- no 770 Hour in Japan, by John McLean; no. 778. Foods, Chemical, in Germany, by O. J. D. Hughes; no. 785. I ormosa, Railway improvements in, by J. W. Davidson; no. 789. freight and insurance, rates in foreign trade, by H. S. Van Buren; no. 784. French crop reports, note; no. 777. Fruit, Utilization of, in Germany, by G. H. Murphy- no 777 Germany, Crops in, by F. H. Mason; no. 784. Glass, New German, note; no. 775. Gutta-percha, Supply of, note; no. 776. Haiti, Business licenses in, note; no. 780. Horse and dog meat as food in Germany, note; no. 776. Ice habit, Growth of, in England, by Marshal Halstead; no. 792. India, British, Government loan in, note; no.793. Iron and coal markets, German, Changing conditions in, by F. H. Mason ■ no. 781 Iron works, German, at Bruckhausen, by Richard Guenther; no. 794 Japanese railways, Foreign shares in, note; no. 783. Kiangsu Province, Conditions in, note; no. 780. Lamps, German prizes for. note; no.794. Lapidary industry of Birkenfeld, by Walter Schumann; no. 784. Liquor traffic in Russia, by W. R. Holloway; no. 772. Lumber, American, in Germany, by E. L. Harris • no 793 ----- French market for, by J. C. Covert; no. 793. -— Greek market for, by D. E. McGinley; no. 793. Lumber market in Rotterdam, transmitted by Soren Listoe; no 777 Mackerel and fertilizers in Japan, transmitted by S. S. Lyon- no 792 Madagascar, Imports into, by J. C. Covert; no. 782 -----Property tax in, note; no. 783. Manual training in Germany, by Richard Guenther; no 794 Meat, Australian vs American, in South Africa, by Marshal Halstead ■ no 793 Mexico I rejected railway extensions in, by C. W. Kindrick • no 770 ’ Mineral resources ot Haiti, railways, by W.F. Powell- no 783 Mining in Alaska and the Klondike, by J. C. McCook -’ no '794' ----- in British Columbia, by A. E. Smith; no. 780 Mining and metallurgical production of Germany, by Richard Guenther • no 794 Musical instruments in Philippines, note- no 781 truentner, no. 7J4. Nail exporters. Hints to, by Walter Schumann: no.786 Nicaragua, Commerce of, by W. B. Sorsby; no. 771. Paraguay, Public works in, by J. N. Ruffin’; no. 785 Pavements in Switzerland, by George Gifford; no. 772 Pipes, welding, New German process of, by Richard Guenther; no. 785. July , 1900 431

Advance sheets of consular reports—Continued. Contents—Continued. Puerto Cabello, Imports and exports of, by L. T. Ellsworth; no. 787. Pulp mill in British Columbia, note; no. 786. Quinine auction at Batavia, correction, note; no. 772. Scotland, American trade in, by Rufus Fleming; no. 778. Serum, Antialcohol, in France, by W. P. Atwell: no. 774. Shanghai, Foreigners in, by John Goodnow; no. 792. Shipbuilding, Foreign, in 1900, by H. W. Diederich; no. 775. Shoe trade, German, Americanizing, by F. H. Mason : no. 770. Showroom in Sydney, Australia, by G. W. Bell; no. 788. Siberia, American products in, transmitted by E. L. Harris; no. 785. -— eastern, Educational progress in, by R. T. Greener; no. 770. Smyrna, Trade of, note; no. 786. Soap trade in Mannheim, note: no. 788. Spain, Transportation taxes in [law], transmitted by Bellamy Storer; no. 780. ----- United States trade with, Extension of, by R. M. Bartieman; no. 779. Steel production of the world, by J. F. Monaghan; no. 794. Stoneware factory, German, by H. W. Harris; no. 782. Streetcar strike "in Berlin, by Richard Guenther; no. 775. Sugar exportation, Germany ’s, by G. H. Murphy; no. 791. Swiss accident and military insurance law, by J. T. Du Bois; no. 771. Swiss alliance, Proposed United States-, bv Richard Guenther; no. 775. Tanning machinery in Spain, by F. H. Mason; no. 770. Telephonograph, by B. H. Warner, jr.; no. 771. Tiflis, Commercial school for, note; no. 773. Tobacco imports into Shanghai, by John Goodnow; no. 775. Tool trust in Germany, note; no. 786; Traveling rates on Scotch railroads, by S. M. Taylor: no. 780. Turkish tariff. Change in, by C. M. Dickinson; no. 782. Uruguay, Tariff bill in, note; no. 784. Valencia, by H. L. Washington; no. 779. Venezuelan stamp law, transmitted by F. B. Loomis; no. 790. Vessels, United States, at Vancouver, note; no. 786. Vladivostock, Temporary customs regulations at, transmitted by R. T. Greener- no. 776. Wages, Farm laborers’, in Sweden, by E. D. Winslow; no. 780. Wheat. American, in Valencia, by R.’U. Cunningham, transmitted by H. L. Wash- ington ; no. 778. ----- Argentine, Export of, transmitted by J. F. Winter; no. 786. Commercial relations of United States with foreign countries, 1899. 1900. v. 2, 937 pp. (H. doc. 481 [pt. 2].) *60c Not e .—Contains reports of consular officers in Europe on the industries and commerce of their respective districts. Consular Reports, July, 1900; v. 63, no. 238. xix + 265-403pn (H doc 620, pt. 3.) [Monthly.] v ’ *15c Content*: Africa, south, German trade in ; by George Sawter. Automobile exposition at Nuremberg; by- G. C. E. Weber. Automobiles in Germany; by B. H. Warner, jr. Beef and pork products in Korea; by H. N. Allen. Birds, song, Protecting, in Switzerland; by J. T. Du Bois. Book-industry exhibition at Gothenburg; by R. S. S. Bergh. Brazil, Openings for Americans in; by Eugene Seeger. ° Bruges, New canal at; by Richard Le Bert. Cabinetmaking school at Magdeburg; by H. W. Diederich. Cattle, American, at Malta; by J. H. Grout. Chinese market, Possibilities of: by Rounsevelle Wildman. Commercial university for Hamburg; by E. L. Harris. Cotton exchange, New, at Bremen; bv H. W. Diederich. Cotton production in Africa and Asia; transmitted by J. C. Covert Eggs, poultry, and meat in Great Britain ; by Marshal Halstead. Electric power for Montreal; by F. S. S. Johnson. Electric railway, Proposed, in Leicestershire: bv S. C. McFarland. Electric railway and lighting in Vladivostock; by R. T. Greener. Electric railways of Saxony; by B. H. Warner, jr. Electric tramways in Valencia; by H. L. Washington. Electro-engraving system, German ; by B. H. Warner, jr. Fish scales in France; by J. C. Covert. Fisheries of Canada; by F. S. S. Johnson. Flour trade, Regulation's of, at Malta; by J. H. Grout. Food adulteration in Europe; by J. T. Du Bois. • Foreign reports and publications. Fuel, Liquid, in Europe; by Richard Guenther. German-American trade misunderstandings; by F.H.Mason. German trade in 1899; by J. F. Monaghan. Germany's trade with United States; transmitted by G.H.Murphy. 7038—No. 07------2 432 Jul y , 1900

Consular Reports—Continued. Contents—Continued. Gold in QuantungPeninsula; by R. T. Greener. Gold standard in British India; by R. F. Patterson. Great Britain and British colonies', United States trade with; by E. L. Harris. Greece, Merchant marine of; by D E. McGinley. Guadeloupe, Port charges in; by L. H. Aym6. Ice, Manufacture of, in Latin America; by several consuls. Iron, German production and consumption of; by O. J. D. Hughes. Iron and coal production, French, in 1899; by J. C. Covert. Iron production in Japan; transmitted by S’. S. Lyon. Korea, Land ownership in Japanese settlements in; transmitted by H. N. Allen. ----- Professional or business openings in ; by H. N. Allen. Limestone brick, New method of making; by B. H. Warner, jr. Mackerel fisheries, Norwegian; by V.E. Nelson. Maple-sugar industry in Quebec; by F. S. S. Johnson. Nail industry, Belgian; by G. W. Roosevelt. Notes. Gil pipe line in Russia; by Thomas Smith. Paper, Scarcity of, and increased prices in France; transmitted by R. P. Skinner. Patents and trade-marks in Korea; by H. N. Allen. Prince Edward Island, Railway improvements in; by D. J. Vail. Printing machinery, German, in Puerto Rico; by B. H. Warner, jr. Quinine auction at Batavia; by B. S. Rairden. Railway trains, Speed of, in Europe; transmitted by Richard Guenther. Russia, railway accidents in, Prevention of; by R. T. Greener. Russian trade, Decline in ; transmitted by W. R. Holloway. Samoa, Trade of, 1899; by L. W. Osborn. Siberian railway; by R. T.Greener. Suez Canal traffic, 1899; by W. D. Hunter. Sugar as food; by G. H. Murphy. Sydney, Proposer! bridge at; by G. W. Bell. Trusts in Austria, industrial conditions; by Hugh Donzelmann. Valencia, Dredging of port at; by II. L. Washington. Vladivostock, Trade of; by R. T.'Greener. Wagon factory in Chemnitz; by J. F. Monaghan. Waterproof material in Germany; by E. T. Liefeld. West Indies, Danish, Trade in; by Mahlon Van Horne. Wine, Production of, abroad; by R. P. Skinner. Wood,pulp, Export of, from Canada; transmitted by C. E. Turner. Woods, Hard, in Paraguay; by J. N. Ruffin. Special Consular Reports, v. 20, pt. 1. 1900. 155 pp. (H. doc. 731 Lpt- 1].) *10c Contents: Book cloth in foreign countries. Cigar and cigarette industry in Latin America. Clothing, ready-made, Market for, in Latin America. Tobacco, American, Foreign imports of.

INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION New legislation concerning crimes, misdemeanors, and penalties, from laws of 55th Congress and from session laws of States and Terri- tories, 1897 and 1898; by Samuel J. Barrows. 1900. xxivJ-480nn (S. doc. 283.) 11'

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Alaska. National quarantine stations in Alaska [act of Congress’). July 28,1900. 1 p. 4" (Dept, circular 125, 1900; Marine-Hospitai Service.) Bonds of officers. Penalties of official bonds, statement of liabilities required from auditors, advances allowable. July 31, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 126,1900; Division of Appointments.) Coast and Geodetic Survey. Employees to man and equip vessels of survey [regulations]. July 13, 1900. 6 pp. 4" (Dept, circular 111, 1900; Division of Appointments.) July , 1900 433

Customs Service. Customs regulations [1899]. 1900. iii-ix 4~ 780 pp. 7 pl. (Treas. Dept. doc. 2153.) ----- Instructions to collectors of customs relative to preparation of their abstracts of certified invoices for auditor for State and other Departments. July 24, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 118, 1900; Division of Customs.) ----- Numbering of general-order importations. July 20, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 116, 1900; Division of Customs.) Debt. Statement of public debt and cash in Treasury, July, 1900. Ip. f° [Monthly.] Drawback. Amending article 1143 of Customs Regulations of 1899 [relative to preliminary entries for drawback]. July 19, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 115,1900; Division of Customs.) Germany. Reciprocal commercial arrangement between United States and Germany [proclamation]. July 16,1900. Ip. 4° (Dept circular 112,1900; Division of Customs.) Hawaii. Civil service classification, employees under Treasury Depart- ment, Hawaii. July 5,1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 105,1900; Divi- sion of Appointments.) • Inland waters where inland rules of road and pilot rules for western rivers are to be followed. July 12, 1900. 3 pp. 4° (Dept, circular 107,1900; Bureau of Navigation.) Italy. Reciprocal commercial arrangement between United Statesand Italy. July 23, 1900. 3 pp. 4° (Dept, circular 117, 1900; Division of Customs.) Navigation. Obstructions to navigation. July 28, 1900. Ip. 4° (Dept, circular 122, 1900; Bureau of Navigation.) Official matter. Department rule 10 [relative to giving out of information and copies of papers, etc.]. July 13, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 110, 1900; Miscellaneous Division.) Parcels-post packages closed by means of sewing or pasting to be treated asunsealedi July 28,1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 123,1900; Divi- sion of Customs.) Porto Rico. Civil service classification, employees under Treasury De- partment in Porto Rico. July 5,1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 104, 1900; Division of Appointments.) ----- Repayments to importers of excess of deposits for unascertained duties on imports from Porto Rico. July 28,1900. 1 p. 4° (Dept, circular 124,1900; Division of Appointments.) Steamboat Inspection Service. Rules and regulations fixing salaries of inspectors of steam vessels under act approved Mar. 1, 1895, concerning regulation of steam vessels. July 24, 1900. Ip. 4° (Dept, circular 119, 1900; Division of Appointments.) Tariff1. Digest of decisions of Department and Board of General Ap- praisers under tariff acts of 1883, 1890,1894, and 1897, Jan. 1898-Dec. 1899. 1900. 138 pp. (Treas. Dept. doc. 2167.) *10c Telegraph. Government rates for telegraphing [1901], July 27, 1900. 9 pp. 1 tab. 4° (Dept, circular 121, 1900; Division of Stationery, Printing, and Blanks.) Traveling expenses. Authority to sign travel orders. June [July] 11, 1900. Ip. 4" (Dept, circular 106, 1900; Bureau of Immigration.) -----Orders for traveling and allowances for traveling expenses, super- seding all previous regulations. July 18, 1900. 2 pp. 4° (Dept, circular 114, 1900; Division of Appointments.) Treasury decisions under tariff, internal revenue, immigration, navigation laws, etc., weekly, v. 3, nos. 27-30; July 5-26,1900. [Depart- ment decisions numbered 22315-381 including general appraisers’ decisions 4719-34, and internal revenue decisions 164-182.] 434 July , 1900

APPRAISERS Reappraisements of merchandise by general appraisers [on June 23-July 27, 1900; July 2-30, 1900. 4° (Reappraisement circulars 536-555; Division of Customs.) [Weekly.]

AUDITOR FOR NAVY DEPARTMENT

Digest of naval appropriations, 1901. [1900.] 60 pp. (Treas. Dept, doc. 2178.)

AUDITOR FOR TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Annual report, 1900. 21 pp. (Treas. Dept. doc. 2181.)

AUDITOR FOR WAR DEPARTMENT

Annual report, 1900. 12 pp. (Treas. Dept. doc. 2179.)

BOOKKEEPING AND WARRANTS DIVISION Comparative statement of receipts and expenditures of United States [for month of July, 1899 and 1900]. 1 p. oblong 8° [Monthly.] Statement of Treasury, July 3-31, 1900. Each [3] pp. 4° [Daily except Sundays and holidays; none issued July 2.]

COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

Not e .—The Charts, Coast Pilots, and Tide Tables of the Coast and Geodetic Survey are sold at the office of the Survey, in Washington, and also by one or more sales agents in each of the important American seaports. The monthly Notice to Mariners may be had free at these agencies, at all United States custom- houses, at the branch hydrographic offices of the Navy Department, at United States consulates in foreign ports, and at the office of the Coast Survey. Notice to Mariners 259; June, 1900. 22 -f- [2] pp. 4° [Monthly.] Not e .—Contains corrections for charts of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, with lists of new charts, canceled editions, etc. ' Charts Alaska, northwest section; chart 3093. Scale 1: 1,200,000. Apr. 1900, first published 1898. 31.9 X 43.1 in. 25c Atlantic coast, Chesapeake Bay to Straits of Florida; chart 1001. Mer- cator projection. June, 1900. 41.2 x33.1 in. 50c Borgne and Pontchartrain, Lakes, La.; chart 191. Scale 1: 80,000. June, 1900, first published 1879. 27.5 X 35.7 iu. 50c Dutch Harbor, Alaska; chart 9008. Scale 1:10,000. June, 1900. 32.9x 27.5 in. 25c Gulf coast, approaches to Mississippi River, Mobile Bay to Atchafalaya Bay; chart 19. Scale 1:400,000. June, 1900, first published 1892. 32.1 X 38.1 in. 50c Mississippi Sound, Round I. to St. Joseph I.; chart 190. Scale 1:80,000. Apr. 1900, first published 1860. 31.6 x 41 in. 50c Moller, Port, and Herendeen Bay, Alaska; chart 8833. Scale 1:80,000. June, 1900. 22.9 X 26.9 in. 25c Safety, Port, Alaska, Entrance to; preliminary chart 9381. Scale 1:15,000. June, 1900. 20.8 X 19.5 in. 25c Washington, Sea coast and interior waters of, Grays Harbor to Semiahmoo Bay ; chart 6400. Scale 1: 300,000. June, 1900, first published 1886. 38.9 X 32.6 in. 50c July , 1900 435

COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY

Bulletin 376-380; July 2-30, 1900. 4° [Weekly.] Note .—Announces changes in officers of national banks, organization of new banks, liquidations, etc.

ENGRAVING AND PRINTING BUREAU. Regulations governing leaves of absence in bureau. July 12,1900. 2 pp. 4° (Dept, circular 108, 1900; Division of Appointments.)

INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE Imprinted stamps, list of contractors authorized to impriut stamps, also list of stamp agents, with instructions as to procurement of said stamps. July 26, 1900. 3 pp. 4° (Circular 541 revised.) Preliminary report of commissioner on collection of internal revenue and condition of service, 1900. 9 pp. Rules regulating form and execution of official bonds of gaugers, storekeepers, and storekeepers and gaugers. July 2, 1900. 2 pp. 4° (Circular 576.) Use of own conveyance by deputy collectors, etc., further modifying circular 537. July 27, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Circular 577.)

LIFE-SAVING SERVICE Information to applicants for benefits provided by sec. 7 and 8, act of May 4, 1882. July 12, 1900. 3 pp. 4° (Dept, circular 109, 1900.) Orders for traveling. July 26, 1900. Ip. 4° (Dept, circular 120,1900.)

LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD

Not e .—The Bulletins, Beacon and Buoy Lists, and Light Lists published by the Light-House Board can be obtained free of charge, on application to the office of the Board at Washington, the inspectors of the several lighthouse districts, the United States custom-houses, the Hydrographic Office and its branches, and the sales agents of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Bulletin 110, recent changes in aids to navigation, July 1, 1900, coasts of United States. 20 + [2] pp. 4" [Monthly.] 3d District. List of beacons, buoys, and day marks, from Elisha Ledge, off Warren Point, R. I., to opposite Shrewsbury Rocks, N. J., and includes Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog; corrected to July 1, 1900. 146 + vii PP- large 8° Laws relative to Light-House Establishment passed at 1st session, 56th Congress, 1899-1900. [1900.] 36 pp. (Treas. Dept. doc. 2180.) List of lights and fog signals on Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; corrected to June 30,1900. 201 + vii pp. 31 pl. map, large 8” Notice to Mariners 99-119 of 1900; July 5-31, 1900. 99—119-}- [1] pp. 4° Note .—Contains notices of establishment of new lights, light-vessels, and steam whistles, changes in buoyage, etc. Officers on duty under Light-House Establishment. July 5,1900. 2 pp. 4" (Circular 4 of 1900.) Specifications for oil, 1901. July, 1900. 30 pp. 4° LOANS AND CURRENCY DIVISION Circulation statement, July 1,1900. 1 p. oblong 8° [Monthly.] Note .—Estimated population, July 1, 1900, 77.816,000: circulation per capita, $26.50. Registered bonds caveated upon books of Department, July 1, 1900. °lp. f" [Monthly.] 436 July , 1900

MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE Public Health Reports, v. 15, nos. 27-30; July 6-27, 1900. 1691-1923 -f- [6] PP- map. [Weekly.] Not e .—This publication, showing health conditions in various parts of this and other countries, as reported by the officers of the Marine Hospital Service and others, is for gratuitous distribution, but the edition is limited, and the document is intended only for health officers aud other persons interested in sanitary affairs. To obtain it application should be made to the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, Treasury Department. No. 27 contains a special article, Measures taken to induce acceptance of Haffkine inoculation in San Francisco; by J. J. Kinyoun. MINT BUREAU Values of foreign coins. July 1,1900. [3] pp. 4° (Dept, circular 103, 1900.) [Quarterly.] NAVIGATION BUREAU Amendments to navigation laws. June 23,1900. [21] 1. REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE Revised rules and regulations governing course of instruction on practice ship Chase. 1900. 241. Uniform for noncommissioned officers and enlisted men, amended July 1, 1900. 7 pp. STATISTICS BUREAU Advance sheets from Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, showing details of imports and exports by articlesand countries for June, 1900. 64 pp. 4° Exports of domestic breadstuffs, provisions, cotton, and mineral oils, June, 1900. 13 pp. 4° (Bulletin 12, series 1899-1900.) [Monthly.] Foreign Commerce and Navigation of United States, 1899. 1900. v. 2 1183 pp. 4° ([Treas. Dept. doc. 2163, v. 2] ; H. doc. 13.) *$1.35 Contents: , Imports and domestic exports of merchandise, by articles and countries, 1890-99. Imports and exports of United States, June, 1900. 1 p. 4" [Monthly.] STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE Pilot rules for Atlantic and Pacific coast inland waters, adopted 1899, amended 1900; added, act approved June 7, 1897, to adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon certain harbors, rivers, and inland waters of United States, and list of lines dividing high seas from rivers, harbors, and inland waters. 1900. 21 pp. il.

TREASURER OF UNITED STATES Monthly statement, paper currency of each denomination outstanding July 31, 1900. 1 p. oblong 24° [Corrected 2d print was issued.]

War Department Regulations for Army, 1895, with appendixes showing changes to Jan 1, 1900. vii -|- 415 pp. il.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL Army list and directory, officers of Army, July 20, 1900; [no.] 8. 48 PP- ' *10c July , 1900 437

Circular 21-26 [1900] ; July 5-31, 1900. 12° Enlistments for line of Army, June, 1900. 6 pp. 12° [Monthly.] General orders 140, 1899, supplemental; July 19, 1900. 1 p. 12° Same, 89-103 [1900]; July 6-31, 1900. 12° [Corrected 2d print of no. 103 was issued.] General orders and circulars, 1899. 1900. Various paging, il. 2 pl. 2 tab. map, 12° (War Dept. doc. 108.) [General orders in this volume include no. 213, Dec. 30, 1899, which was omitted from the monthly catalogue when issued.] Military commands and posts, with post-offices, telegraph stations, and nearest railroad stations or boat landings. July 1, 1900. 6 pp. Official register of officers of volunteers organized under act of Mar. 2, 1899. June 1 [with addenda to June 20] 1900. 154 pp. (War Dept, doc. 117.) Same, errata. July 30, 1900. 1 p. oblong 32° Special orders 154-178 [1900] ; July 2-31, 1900. 12° [Daily except Sundays and holidays.] Stations of Army, July 5-26, 1900. Each [2] pp. oblong f° [Weekly.]

MILITARY ACADEMY

Official register of officers and cadets. U. S. M. A. press and bindery, June, 1900. 40 pp. 12°

MILITARY INFORMATION DIVISION Organized militia of United States, condition and efficiency [1898]. 1900. 357pp. 1 tab. ([Publication] 29; War Dept. doc. 122. ) '25c ARMY

MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS Porto Rico. Letter from George W. Davis with report of Victor S. Clark and other [officers of insular board of education] relative to education in Porto Rico [for year ending Dec. 31, 1899]. May 14, 1900. 197 pp. 16 pl. (S. doc. 363.) CUSTOMS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS DIVISION Circular 40; July 23, 1900. 1 p. 12° Monthly summary of commerce of Philippine Islands, Dee. 1899; no. 6, series 1899-1900. 1900. p. 87-116,4" *10c Monthly summary of commerce of Porto Rico, Apr. 1900; no. 10, series 1899-1900. p. 215-252, 4° *10c Translation of mining law applied to Cuba, Oct. 10, 1883, and June 27, 1884, with appendix containing provisions to date. June, 1900. 95 pp. *10c Translation of penal code in force in Cuba and Porto Rico. July, 1900. 175 pp. M0c Translation of penal code in force in Philippines. June, 1900. 155 pp. *10c ENGINEER DEPARTMENT Circular 19 [1900] ; July 3, 1900. 2 pp. 12" General orders and circulars, in force Apr. 16,1900. Ivi pp. 100 1. 12° Laws relating to construction of bridges over navigable waters of United States, 55th Congress, 3d session, 1898-99. 1900. 28 pp. Report [by board] of examination of Biscayne Bay, Fla. [from Miami to sea]. May 7, 1900. 28 pp. 3 pl. 5 maps. (II. doc. 662.) 438 July , 1900

Reports of examination and survey of Lower Willamette and Colum- bia rivers, below Portland, Oreg. May 8, 1900. 16 pp. 11 maps. (H. doc. 673.) ' Special orders 31-36 [1900] ; .July 6-31, 1900. Each 1 p. 12” Statement showing rank, duties, aud addresses of officers of Corps of Engineers. July 2, 1900. 22 pp. 4° MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Circular 2 [1900] ; July 28,1900. 1 p. 12” ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT Instructions to bidders and specifications governing manufacture and inspection of shrapnel. July 2,1900. 7 pp. 12" PAY DEPARTMENT Circular 241-244; July 12-31,1900. 12° Monthly station list of officers, July 1,1900. 3 pp. Stoppage circular, July 16,1900. 12 pp. [Monthly.] PORTO RICO CENSUS OFFICE Bulletin 2. 1900. 13 pp. Same, Spanish. 14 pp.

QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT Specifications 518; [July 17,1900]. 2 pp.

SIGNAL OFFICE Orders 14 [1900]; July 15, 1900. 1 p. 12" Report on military telegraph lines in Porto Rico, by A. W. Greely; [pre- sented by Mr. Foraker]. June 4,1900. 100 pp"map. (S. doc. 429.)

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT [Announcement of death of John Little.] July 30,1900. 3 pp. 12" Circular 3 [1900]; July 24, 1900. 1 p. 12" Roster [of officers], July 1, 1900. 3 pp. [Monthly.]

Smithsonian Institution Box 75; list of documents and other publications of Government, May 14-JuIy 10, 1900, distributed for Library of Congress through Smith- sonian Institution. 1900. 5 pp.

NATIONAL MUSEUM

Not e —The publications of the National Museum comprise bulletins, annual reports, and an annual volume of Proceedings. The annual report is included in the Congressional set. Theeditions of the bulletins and Proceedings are too limited to admit of general distribution, and the volumes of the latter are sent only to libraries. The separates from the Proceedings and from the reports may be obtained ou application to the Museum, until the supply is exhausted. Fishes of North aud Middle America; by David Starr Jordan and Bar- ton WarrenEvermann. 1900. pt. 4, ci -f- 3137-3313 pp. 392 pl. (Bul- letin 47 [pt. 4].) July , 1900 439

Hundred new moths of family noctuidae, by John B. Smith: from Pro- ceedings, v. 22. 1900. p. 413-495. (No. 1203.) New bird of paradise, by Rolla P. Currie; [from] Proceedings, v. 22. [1900.] p. 497-499, 1 pl. (No. 1204.)

Various Bureaus

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES BOARD 2d report, 1890-99. Feb. 26, [imprint date] May, 1900. 150 pp. tH. doc. 472;) [Contains all decisions made by the board from its organization to Feb. 16,1900.] *10c

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

DOCUMENTS OFFICE Catalogue of public, documents of 54th Congress, 2d session, and of all departments of Government, 1897. 1899 [1900], 418 pp. large 8° (H. doc. 585, 55th Cong. 2d sess.) Catalogue of United States Public Documents, monthly, no. 64; Apr 1900. 191-262 + xlii pp. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Preliminary report on trusts and industrial combinations, with testi- mony, review of evidence, charts showing effects of [on] prices, and topical digest. 1900. [1] + 264-f-1325 pp. 11 pl. (Reports, v. 1.) *80c Trusts and industrial combinations, statutes and decisions of federal, State, and Territorial law, with Digest of corporation laws. 1900. 291 pp. 4 tab. (Reports, v. 2.) [See for contents catalogue for March, 1900, page 188.] *20c INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

Not e .—The Commission furnishes its reports gratuitously to those who apply for them. 13th annual report, Jan. 15,1900 [with appendixes A-F]. 299 -f- [693]-]- [71] PP-4 pl. map. (H. doc. 298.) -60c Contents : Cullom bill, S. 1439, 56th Congress, to amend act to regulate commerce, app. C. Employees, appropriations, and expenditures, app. A. Income account of railways, Preliminary report on, 1899, app. F. Points decided since organization, app. B. Kailway casualties, automatic couplers, app. D. Report of commission. Statistics of railways, 1898, app. E. LABOR DEPARTMENT

Note .—The Department furnishes its publications gratuitously to those who apply for them. 14th annual report of commissioner, 1899; water, gas, and electric-light plants under private and municipal ownership. 1900. 983 pp. ( H. doc. 713.) *65c LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

BIBLIOGRAPHY DIVISION List of books, with references to periodicals, relating to theory of colonization, government of dependencies, protectorates, and related topics; by A. I’. C. Griffin. 1900. vi-]-131pp. 440 July , 1900

Note .—The Catalogue of Title Entries is prepared by the Register of Copy- rights and published by the Treasury Department. It is iiot sold by the Treasury Department, the Librarian of Congress, nor the Register of Copyrights, but must be subscribed for at the office of the collector of customs for the district in which the person desiring it lives. The price is $5.00 per year of 52 numbers. The bulletins of the office are sent free on application to the Register of Copyrights. Catalogue of title entries of books and other articles entered under copyright law, v. 23, nos. 12,13, v. 24, nos. 1-3; whole nos. 468-472; June 21-July 19, 1900. p. 961-1127,1-271. [Weekly.] $5.00 a yr Copyright business, quarterly statement to Mar. 31, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Information circular 25.) Same, to June 30, 1900. 1 p. 4° (Information circular 25.) Not e .—Other numbers of the series of Information Circulars are of the nature of letters for use in the official correspondence of the Copyright Office, and are therefore not included in the Catalogue of Public Documents. Copyright enactments, 1783-1900; by Thorvald Solberg. 1900. 83 pp. (Bulletins.) ' *15c Directions for registration of copyrights; by Thorvald Solberg. 3d edition revised. May, 1900. 36 pp. (Bulletin 2.) *5c Text of convention creating International Copyright Union, Sept. 5, 1887, with additional articles, signed Paris, May 4, 1896; from official English circulars. 1900. 13 pp. (Bulletin 4, pt. 1.) Shipments to Depositories During the Month of July, 1900

Not e .—Shipment numbers run from 1 to 49 inclusive, and then begin again with 1.

Shipment 48 Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 15. No. 5; Reports of Department of Interior, 1897, Geological Survey, pt. 1, Director’s report, etc. (Serial ho. 3643.) Shipment 49 Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 16. No. 5; Reports of Department of Interior, 1897, Geological Survey, pt. 2, papers of theoretic nature. (Serial no. 3644.) Shipment 1 Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 17. No. 5; Reports of Department of Interior, 1897, Geological Survey, pt. 3, economic geology. (Serial no. 3645.) Shipment 2 Congress. 55th Congress, 3d session. Senate documents, v. 4. Nos. 31-58, except 48, 51 pt. 2; Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, etc. (Serial no. 3728.) Shipment 3 Congress. 55th Congress, 3d session. Senate documents, v. 6. No. 51, pt. 2; American Republics Bureau monthly bulletin, July-Dec. 1898, v. 6, nos. 1-6. (Serial no. 3730.) Shipment 4 Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 39. Nos. 142-205, except 156,157,164,166-170,201, 203: miscellaneous. (Serial no. 3667.) Shipment 5 Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 51. Nos. 207-387, except 227,259,262,278,288,299, 301, 302, 314, 319, 321, 338; miscellaneous. (Serial no. 3679.) Shipment 6 Interior Department. Decisions of Department and General Land Office relating to public lands, July, 1899-Apr. 1900. v. 29, xxvi + 170 pp. 1 pl. 8° 441 442 July , 1900

Shipment 7 Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 18 No 5' Reports of Department of Interior, 1897, Geological Survey ptV hydrography. (Serial no. 3646.) ’

Shipment S Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 20 No 5‘ Reports of Department of Interior, 1897, Geological Survey pt. 5 continued, Mineral Resources, 1896. (Serial no. 3648.)

Shipment 9 Agrostology Division (Department of Agriculture). Studies on Ameri- can grasses: revision ot North American species of bromus occurring north of Mexico; by Cornelius L. Shear. .July 3, 1900. 66 pp. 40 if 8° (Bulletin 23.) Congress 55th Congress,'2d session. House documents, v. 31. Nos. !2, 94, lob, 203, 319, and Senate document 302; Estimates of appro- pria<“2“8’ receiPts and expenditures, deficiency estimates. (Serial no. 36o9.) ' Copyright Office (Library of Congress). Directions for registration of copyrights; by I’horvald Solberg. 3d edition revised. May 1900 3b pp. 8° (Bulletin 2.) ’ Customs and Insular Affairs Division (War Department). Translation ot mining law applied to Cuba, Oct. 10,1883, and June 27,1884 with appendix containing provisions to date. June, 1900. 95 pp. 8° Experiment Stations Office (Department of Agriculture). Use of water in irrigation in Wyoming and its relation to ownership and distri- zutlunJ’f “atnral 8llPPly; by B. C. Buffuni. 1900. 56 pp. 8 pl. 8" (Bulletin 81.) r 1 Military Information Division (Adjutant-General, War Department) Autumn maneuvers of 1899; Austria-Hungary, Germany, Great Britain Italy and Norway. Jan. 1900. 118 pp. il. 2 pl. 5 maps in pocket, 8° (Publication 27.) 1 Porto Rico Census Office (War Department). Bulletin 2. 1900. 13 pp. 8° Shipment 10

Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v. 19. No. 5; Reports of Department of Interior, 1897, Geological Survey, pt. 5, Mineral Resources, 1896. (Serial no. 3647.

Shipmen t11 Congress. 55th Congress, 2d session. House documents, v 82 No 581 • Geological Survey monographs, v. 29, Geology of old Hampshire County, Mass. (Serial no. 3711.) F

Shipment 12 Animal Industry Bureau (Department of Agriculture). Proceedings of 2d annual meeting of Association of Experiment Station Veterina- rians, Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 8, 1898. 29 pp. 8° (Bulletin 22.) ----- Serum treatment of swine plague and hog cholera: by E. A de ^chwemitz. with Marion Dorset. 1899. 18 pp. 8° (Bulletin 23.) Botany Division (Department of Agriculture). Contributions from L. S. National Herbarium, v. 5, no. 5; plant covering of Ocracoke study m ecology of North Carolina strand vegetation [with bibliography]; by Ihomas H. Kearney,jr. 1900. 63 pp. 14 il 8° July , 1900 443

Congress. 55th Congress, 3d session. Senate documents, v. 5. No. 48; Coast and Geodetic Survey report, 1898. (Serial no. 3729.) Customs and Insular Affairs Division (War Department). Monthly summary of commerce of Philippine Islands, Dec. 1899; no. 6, series 1899-1900. 1900. p. 87-116, 4------Translation of penal code in force in Cuba and Porto Rico. July, 1900. 175 pp. 8° ----- Translation of penal code in force in Philippines. June, 1900. 155 pp. 8° Military Information Division (Adjutant-General, War Department). Organized militia of United States, condition and efficiency [1898.] 1900. 357 pp. 1 tab. 8° (Publication 29.) Navigation Bureau (Navy Department). List and station of commissioned and warrant officers of Navy and Marine Corps, on active list, July 1, 1900. 104 pp. 8"

'INDEX

TO THE CATALOGUE FOR JULY, 1900.

Page Page Accident insurance, Switzerland...... 431 Atmospheric pressure...... 423 Accidents, railroads...... 432 Attorney, power of, Mexico...... 429 Acids, metaphosphimic...... 425 Auditor for Navy Department______434 Acts, see Laws. Auditor for Treasury Department.... 434 Adjutant-General...... 436 Auditors, liabilities required...... 432 Adulteration of foods, Europe...... 431 Australia, butter packing...... 430 Advance sheets of consular reports .. 430 meat in south Africa ...... 430 Africa, cotton production...... 431 Austria, trusts...... 432 south, German trade...... 431 Automatic gun, Colt...... 428 south, meat...... 430 Automobiles, Germany...... 430,431 Agricultural colleges...... 422 Nuremberg exposition...... 431 Agricultural education...... : 422 Banks, Ecuador...... 429 Agricultural exports, Uruguay...... 429 see also National banks. Agricultural fair, Coburg...... 429 Barcelona, electric tramways...... 430 Agricultural machines, Bulgaria...... 429 Batavia,quinine...... 431,432 Agricultural products, marketing of.. 422 Battle ships, see War-ships. Agriculture, Peru...... 429 Battlement Mesa forest reserve...... 426 progress of...... 423 Bayou, see name of bayou. Agriculture Department...... 420 Beacons, lists of...... 435 publications...... 422 Beef, Korea...... 431 Agrostology Division...... 421 Beet sugar, Germany...... 430 Air ship, Switzerland...... 430 Beets, sugar, acreage, 1900...... 430 Alaska...... 425 Belgiitm, demand for coal...... 430 chart...... 1...... 434 nail industry...... 432 mining...... 430 Bering Sea ice...... 423 mining regulations...... 424 Berlin, Germany, strike...... 431 quarantine stations...... 432 Bibliography Division...... 439 Alkaline reaction of silicates...... 425 Bibliography of coral faunas...... 425 Alleys, D.C...... 419 of District of Columbia ...... 419 Altitudes, Alaska...... 425 of foods...... 422 American Republics Bureau ...... 429 of Mexico...... 429 monthly bulletin, 1898 ...... 420 of Ocracoke Island...... 421 Analcite...... 425 of Rio Grande coal fields...... 425 Analysis, rocks and ores...... 425,426 of theory of colonization...... 439 Animal Industry Bureau...... 421 Big Horn forest reserve...... 420 orders...... 420 Biological Survey Division...... 421 Animals, diseases...... 421 Bird of paradise...... 439 protection and importation...... 421 Birds...... 421 Annapolis, Md., see Naval Academy. Switzerland...... 431 Apples, cultivation of...... 422 Birkenfeld, Germany...... 430 Appointments Division...... 432,433,435 Biscayne Bay...... 437 Appraisers...... 434 Bitterroot forest reserve...... 426 decisions...... 433 Blight, pear...... 423 Appropriations...... 420 Blueflelds, Nicaragua...... 427 see also bureaus and objects. | Bohemia, horse-radish...... 421 Arctic engine oil...... 427 Boilers ...... 430 Argentina...... -...... 429 Bolivia...... 429 cattle in Cape Town...... 430 Bombay, electric works...... 430 export of wheat...... 431 । Bonds, caveated...... 435 Armor plate, Germany...... 430 । Bonds of officers...... 432,435 Army...... 437 | Book cloth, foreign countries...... 432 enlistments...... 437 | Book-industry exhibition...... 431 officers, list of...... 436 ' Bookkeeping'and Warrants Division. 434 orders, general and special...... 437 Borgne, Lake, chart...... 434 register, 1899...... 437 । Botany Division...... 421 stations...... 437 | Boundary, Idaho and Montana...... 425 see also Military posts. Bounty-land decisions...... 424 Asia, cotton production...... 431 Brazil'...... 429 Aspen district, Colo...... 420 American coal...... 430 Atlantic coast, chart...... 434 farm life...... 430 inland waters, pilot rules...... 436 openings for Americans...... 431 lights and fog signals...... 435 Brazos River Valley, Tex...... 423 Atlantic Ocean, equator crossings .... 428 Breadstuff's, exports...... 436 pilot chart...... 428 1 Breeding, live stock...... 421 II July , 1900

Page Page Bremen, cotton exchange....’...... 431 Climate and Crop Bulletin...... 423 Brick, limestone...... 432 Climatology...... 423 Bridges, laws...... 437 Cloth, book...... 432 Sydney...... 432 Clothing, ready made...... 432 see also names of rivers bridged. Clover seed...... 421,430 Bristol, Tenn., geologic atlas folio.... 425 Coal...... 430 British, see Great Britain. French production...... 432 British Columbia, mining...... 430 German markets...... 430 pulp mill...... 431 Texas...... 425 Bromus...... 421 Coaling plant, Frenchmans Bay, Me .. 427 Brooklyn Navy-Yard, see New York Coast and Geodetic Survey ...... 434 Navy-Yard. employees on vessels...... 432 Bruckhausen, Germany, iron works.. 430 report, 1898 ...... 420 Bruges, canal at...... '431 | Coburg, Germany, fair...... 429 Brush specifications...... 427 Coffee, world’s production of...... 430 Buenos Ayres, pavements...... 429 Coinage, act of 1873 ...... 419 Bulgaria, agricultural machines...... 429 Coins, foreign...... 436 Bulletins, see Farmers’ bulletins— Collectors, customs service...... 433 bureaus issuing bulletins. deputy, revenue...... 435 Buoys, life...... 427 | Colleges...... 422 lists of...... 435 Colombia, cigarettes...... 430 Butter, packing in Australia...... 430 I export dues...... '...... 430 Cabinet-making, Magdeburg school... 431 Colonization, bibliography of...... 439 Cables, German-American...... 430 Mexico ...... 429 submarine...... 429 Colt automatic gun...... 428 Cadets, Military Academy, register... 437 Columbia Historical Society...... 419 Naval Academy...... 428 j Columbia River...... 438 Calamine...... 425 Combinations, see Trusts. Canada, fisheries...... 431 Commerce, foreign, of United States.. 436 tariff...... 430 i to regulate...... 439 wood-pulp...... 432 see also Exports—names of coun- Canals, Bruges...... 431 . tries and places. Elbe-Trave...... 430 Commerce and Finance, Monthly Sum- see also names of canals. mary ...... 436 Canary Islands, tariff...... 430 advance sheets...... 436 Cape, see name of cape. Commerce and Navigation, 1899...... 436 Cape Town, Argentine cattle___ .... 430 Commercial Relations, i899 ...... 431 Cartridges, electric, Italy...... 430 Commercial school, Tiflis...... 431 Catalogue of copyrights...... 440 Commercial travelers...... 430 of public documents...... 439 Commercial university, Hamburg .... 431 of public documents, 1897...... 439 Commissary-general, see Subsistence Cattle, American, in Malta...... 431 Department. Cape Town...... 430 Comptroller of currency...... 435 Guatemala...... 429,430 Condition of Treasury...... 434 transportation...... 420 Congress...... 419 Cement, Chile...... 429 1 Congressional documents, bound vol- Cemeteries, national, see names of in- umes ...... 420 dividual cemeteries. Congressional Library, see Library of Census, Porto Rico .:...... 438 Congress. Central America, see American Repub- Congressional Record...... 419 lics Bureau. Connecticut Valley, soil map...... 422 Champlain, Lake, beacons, etc...... 435 Consols, see Bonds. Charts, see Maps and charts. Consular reports...... 431 Chase, practice ship...... 436 advanc'd sheets...... 430 Cheese, pasteurized milk...... 430 special...... 432 Chemical foods, Germany...... 430 Convention of American Instructors Chemistry...... 425 of Deaf...... 420 Chemistry Division...... 422 Copper, Chile...... 429 Chemnitz, wagon factory...... 432 ' Germany...... 430 Chief of Engineers, see Engineer De- , Copyright Division, see Copyright Of- partment, Army. fice. Chile...... 429 Copyright Office...... 439 China, intervention by United States. 420 Copyright Union, International...... 440 possibilities of market...... 431 Copyrights, catalogue of...... 440 China Sea Directory...... 427 Coral, eocene and oligocene...... 425 Chippewa Indian Commission...... 419 Corea, see Korea. Chloronitrides...... 425 Cork ring life buoys...... 427 Cholera, hogs...... 421 Corn...... 420 Chromium...... 425 chemistry of...... 422 Chungking, steamship service...... 430 Corporations, digest of laws...... 439 Cigarettes Colombia...... 430 Corps of Engineers, Army, see Engi- Latin America...... 432 neer Department. Cigars, Latin America...... 432 Costa Rica...... 429 Circuit courts, see Courts of U. S. Cotton, Africa and Asia...... 431 Circulars, see Dept., etc., issuing them. Egypt...... 430 Circulation of currency...... ^35 exports...... 436 Civil service, employees in Hawaii ... 433 Cotton exchange, Bremen...... 431 employees in Porto Rico ...... 433 f Cotton industry, Egyptian...... 430 Claims, see Judgments—names of Cotton manufacture's, Mexico...... 429 claimants. Court-martial orders...... 426 July , 1900 HI

Page Page Courts of U. S., patent decisions...... 426 Electric railroads, Barcelona...... 430 Cretaceous corals...... 425 Leicestershire...... 431 Crimes, laws...... 432 Saxony...... 431 Crimson clover seed...... 421 strike, Berlin, Germany...... 43J Crop Bulletin...... 423 Valencia...... 430,431 Crop Reporter...... 423 Vladivostok...... 431 Crops, Prance...... 430 Electric works, Bombay...... 430 Germany...... 430 Electricity, British cities...... 430 Cruisers, see War-ships. Electro-engraving, Germany...... 431 Cuba, mining law...... '...... 437 Employees, see names of Departments penal code...... 437 and bureaus. Cullom bill to regulate commerce...... 439 Engineer Corps, see Engineer Depart- Currency, circulation of...... 435 ment, Army. paper...... 436 Engineer Department, Army...... 437 Customsand Insular Affairs Division. 437 England, see Great Britain. Customs Division...... 433.434 Engraving, electro-German...... 431 Customs duties, see Tariff—names of Engraving and Printing Bureau...... 435 articles imported. Enlistment, Armjr...... 437 Customs service, laws...... 433 naval service...... 427 Daily postal bulletin...... 429 Eocene coral fauna...... 425 Dairy Division...... 421 Equator crossings...... 428 Danish West Indies, see West Indies. Equipment Bureau...... 427 Dawson, notes from...... 430 Estimates of appropriations, see bu- Day marks, lists of...... 435 reaus and objects. Deaf, Convention of American Instruc- Expansion, bibliography of...... 439 tors of...... 420 Expenditures...... 420,434 Debt, see Public debt see also names of Departments, etc. Decisions, General Appraisers...... 433 Experiment Stations Office...... 422 Geographic Names Board...... 439 Exports, see countries and places. immigration...... 433 Farm life, Brazil...... 430 land...... 424 Farm products, see Agricultural. navigation...... 433 Farmers, forestry for...... 422 patents and trade-marks...... 426 good roads for...... 422 pension...... 424 Farmers’ bulletins...... 421, 422 tariff...... 433 Fauna, coral...... 425 Treasury...... 433 Feeding of fowls...... 422 trusts...... 439 Fertilizers, Japan...... 430 Deficiency estimates...... 420 File cleaners...... 428 see also Bureaus and objects. Filipinos, see Philippines. Dentistry, Switzerland...... 430 Fish scales, France...... 431 Department stores, Germany...... 430 Fisheries, Canada...... 431 Depositories, shipments to...... 440 Norway...... 432 Deputy collectors, revenue...... 435 Fishes, North and Middle American.. 438 Detroit, Mich., halo at...... 423 Flathead forest reserve...... 425, 426 Digest of corporat ion laws...... 439 Flax, European demand...... 430 of naval appropriations...... 434 of Treas. Dept, decisions...... 433 Flora, see Plants. Diplomatic list ....’...... 429 Flour, Japan...... 430 Disbursements, see Expenditures. Malta...... 431 Diseases, animals...... 421 Fluoriferous hydrogen peroxide...... 425 District courts, see Courts of U. S. Fodder...... 421 District of Columbia, bibliography of. 419 Fog, Great Lakes...... 423 District of Columbia Com., Senate.... 419 Fog-signals, lists of...... 435 see also District of Columbia Com- see also place. mittee, Senate. Foods...... 422 Documents, bound volumes...... 420 adulteration, Europe...... 431 catalogue, 1897...... 439 chemical, Germany...... 430 distributed by Smithsonian Inst .. 438 corn...... 420 monthly catalogue...... 439 horse and dog meat...... 430 Documents Office...... 439 nutrition investigations...... 422 Dogs, as food in Germany...... 430 sugar...... 432 Doudna, P. E...... ;...... 423 Forage plants...... 421 Drawback...... 433 Foreign coins...... 436 Dutch, see Netherlands. Foreign Commerce & Navigation, 1899 436 Dutch Harbor, Alaska, chart...... 434 Foreign Commerce Bureau...... 429 Duties, see Tariff—names of articles Foreign Mail Service...... 428 imported. Forest reserves...... 424,426 Ecuador...... 429 see also names of reserves. Education, agricultural, see Agricul- Forestry, Sweden...... 429 tural education. Forestry Division...... 422 Porto Rico...... 437 Forests...... 425,426 Siberia...... »...... 431 Formosa, railroads...... 430 Eggs, Great Britain...... 431 Fort Ou tario Reservation...... 419 Egypt, cotton industry...... 430 Fort Sherman Reservation...... 419 Elbe-Trave canal...... 430 Forts, see Military posts—names of Electric cartridges, Italy...... 430 forts. Electric-light plants...... 439 Fossil medusa)...... 420 Electric lighting, Vladivostok...... 431 Fowls, care of...... 422 Electric power, Montreal...... 431 France, antialcohol serum...... 431 7038—No. G7----- 3 IV July , 1900

Page Page France, crops...... 430 I Guatemala...... '...... 429 fish scales...... 431 cattle exports...... 430 iron and coal production...... 432 Gulf of Mexico, see Mexico, Gulf of. lumber market...... 430 Guns...... 428 paper...... 432 | Gutta-percha...... • 429,430 Freezing, see Frost. Haffkine inoculation...... 436 Freight rates, foreign trade...... 430 Haiti...... 429, 430 French, see France. mineral resources...... 430 Frenchmans Bay, Me., coaling plant.. 427 Halo, Detroit, Mich...... 423 Freshets, see Floods. Hamburg, commercial university...... 431 Frost...... 423 Hampshire County, Mass., geology ... 420 Fruit, Germany...... 430 Harbors, collisions...... 436 Fuel, liquid...... 431 see also Rivers and harbors. Gallinger, Jacob H...... 419 I Hard Woods, Paraguay...... 432 Game, protection of...... 421 Hawaii, Treasury Dept, employees ... 433 Game birds, protection of...... 421 ' Hayti, see Haiti. Gas plants...... 439 Health Reports...... 436 Gaugers, official bonds...... 435 Herendeen Bay...... 434 General Appraisers...... 434 [ Higbie-Armstrong road act...... 422 decisions...... 433 Hogs, cholera...... - 421 General Land Office, see Land Office, Holland, see Netherlands. General. Honduras...... 429 General-order importations...... 433 I Horse-radish, Bohemia...... 421 General orders, adjutant-general...... 437 Horses, as food in Germany...... 430 Engineer Department...... 437 I House of Representatives...... 419 Navy Department...... 426 Hydrogen peroxide, fluoriferous...... 425 Geographic Names Board...... 439 i Hydrographic bulletin...... 427 Geologic atlas of United States...... 425 Hydrographic Office...... 427 Geological Survey...... 420,425 Hydrography...... 420 monographs, v. 29-31...... 420 Hydrography Division...... 426 Geology, see Geological Survey. Hydromica, New Jersey...... 425 Georgian Bay...... 427 Ice, Bering Sea...... 423 Germany, American lumber...... 430 England...... 430 American shoes...... 431 Latin America...... 432 Amer, trade misunderstandings — 431 Idaho, Montana boundary...... 425 armor plate...... 430 Igneous rocks...... 425 automobiles...... 430, 431 Immigration, decisions...... 433 beet-sugar industry ...... 430 Guatemala...... 429 cable to America...... 430 Immigration Bureau...... 433 chemical foods...... 430 Imperialism, bibliography of...... 439 commercial arrangement with U. S. 433 Import tax, see Tariff—names of arti- copper...... 430 cles imported. crops ...... 430 Importations, general-order...... 433 department stores...... 430 Imports, birds...... 421 electro-engraving...... 431 [ Imprinted stamps...... 435 fruit...... 430 | Incrustation of boilers...... 430 glass...... 430 Index, reports of Secretaries of Senate 419 horse and dog meat...... 430 j India, gold standard...... 432 iron and coal markets...... 430 loau in...... 430 iron production...... 432 i Indian Affairs Committee, Senate...... 419 lamps...... 430 Indian corn, see Corn. manual training...... 430 Industrial Commission...... 439 method of welding pipes...... 430 Industrial development...... 429 mining...... 430 I Inland waters, pilot rules...... 433,436 printing machinery in Porto Rico . 432 Inoculation, Haffkine...... 436 south African trade...... 431 | Insects, see Entomology Division. stoneware factory...... 431 Inspectors of steam vessels...... 433 sugar exportation...... 431 I Insular Affairs Division, see Customs tool trust...... 431 and Insular Affairs Division. trade in 1899...... 431 Insurance, Swiss laws...... 431 trade with United States...... 431 Insurance rates, foreign trade...... 430 waterproof material...... 432 Interior Department...... 423 Glass, Germany...... 430 Internal revenue, decisions...... 433 Gold, Quantung...... 432 Internal Revenue Office...... 435 Gold standard, India...... 432 International Copyright Union...... 440 Gothenburg, book-industry exhibition 431 International Marine Congress...... 429 Government bonds, see Bonds, U. S. International Prison Commission .... 432 Govt, documents, see Documents. Interstate Commerce Commission .... 439 Government Printing Office...... 439 Inventions, see Patents. Grasses...... — 421 Iron, Bruckhausen, Germany...... 430 Great Britain, eggs, poultry, and meat. 431 French production...... 432 electricity in cities...... 430 German markets...... 430 ice...... 430 German production...... 432 United States trade with...... 432 J apanese production...... 432 Great Lakes, meteorological chart.... 423 Irrigation papers...... 426 Greece, lumber market...... 430 j Islands, see Insular possessions— merchant marine...... 432 names of islands. Guadeloupe, port charges...... 432 I Italy, agreement with United States.. 433 Guarantee, naval supplies...... 428 electric cartridges ...... 430 July , 1900

Page Page Italy, reciprocity with...... 420 Manure, beet waste...... 430 Japan,flour....'...... 430 see also Fertilizers. iron production...... 432 Maple sugar, Quebec...... 432 Korean settlements...... 432 Maps and charts, Coast and Geodetic mackerel and fertilizers...... 430 Survey...... 434 railroads...... _...... 430 Hydrographic Office...... 427 Kiangsu...... 430 Soils Division...... 422 Klondike, mining in...... 430 Weather Bureau...... 423 Korea, beef and pork products...... 431 Marine Congress, Paris...... 429 business openings...... 432 Marine Corps, officers, list of...... 428 Japanese settlements...... 432 patents and trade-marks...... 432 Mariners, Notice to, see Notice to Mar- Koyukuk region...... 430 iners. Labor, navy-yards...... 427 Marines, see Marine Corps. Labor Department...... 439 Marketing farm produce...... 422 Lakes, see Great Lakes—names of । Meat, Australian vs. American...... 430 lakes. Great Britain...... 431 Lamps. Germany...... 430 | Mechanical colleges, see Agricultural. Land decisions...... 424 | Medical Department...... 438 Land-grant colleges, see Agricultural. Medusae, fossil...... 420 Land Office, General, decisions...... 424 Memphremagog, Lake, beacons, etc .. 435 Lands, public, see Public lauds. < Menominee, Mich., geologic atlas folio. 425 Lapidary industry, Birkenfeld...... 430 Merchant marine, see Shipping. Latin A merica, cigar industry...... 432 Merchant vessels, see Shipping. ice...... '...... 432 Metaphosphimic acids...... 425 ready made clothing...... 432 Meteorological chart, Great Lakes.... 423 see also Amer. Republics Bureau. , Meteorology ...... 423 Laws, Alaska, mining...... 424 Mexico....'...... 429 Bolivia, mining...... 429 handbook...... 429 bridge construction...... 437 railroads...... 430 copyrights...... 440 Mexico, Gulf of, chart...... 434 corporations ...... 439 lights and fog-signals...... 435 crimes...... 432 Military Academy...... 437 Cuba, mining...... 437 Military Affairs Committee, Senate .. 419 Cuba and Porto Rico...... 437 Military departments and divisions... 437 customs service...... 433 Military establishment, see Army. Guatemala...... 429 j Military Information Division...... 437 insurance, Switzerland...... 431 I Military insurance, Switzerland...... 431 Light-House Establishment...... 435 Military posts...... 437 navigation...... 436 see also names of forts. Philippines...... 437 Militia, efficiency' of...... 437 protection of birds...... 421 Mineral oils, see Petroleum. trusts...... 439 Mineral Resources, 1896...... 420 Venezuela, stamps...... 431 Mineralogy...... 425 League Island...... 428 Minerals, analvsis...... 425 Legislation, direct..,...... 420 Haiti...... 430 see also Laws. Mining ...... -...... 430 Leicestershire, electric railway...... 431 Alaska...... 424 Library of Congress...... 439 Bolivia...... 429 Life buoys...... 427 Cuban law...... 437 Life-Saving Service...... 435 Germany...... 430 Light-House Board...... 435 Guatemala...... 429 Lights, lists of...... 435 Peru...... 429 see also place. Mint Bureau...... 436 Limestone brick...... 432 Misdemeanors, laws...... 432 Liquid fuel...... 431 । Mississippi River, chart...... 434 Liquor traffic, Russia...... 430 Mississippi Sound...... 434 Little, John...... 438 Moller, Port, Alaska...... 434 Live stock, breeding of...... 421 Molybdenum...... 425 see also Cattle—Hogs—Horses. Money, see Currency. Loans and Currency Division...... 435 Monographs, Geological Survey...... 425 Lower Willamette River...... 438 Montana, Idaho boundary...... 425 Lumber...... 430 Monthly Summary of Commerce and Costa Rica...... 429 Finance, see' Commerce and Fi- Machinery, for tanning...... 431 nance, Monthly Summary. see also Agricultural machines. Monthly Weather Review...... 423 Machines, agricultural, Bulgaria...... 429 Montreal, electric power...... 431 Mackerel, Japan...... 430 Moths...... 439 Norwegian fisheries...... 432 Motor-carriages, see Automobiles. Madagascar...... 430 ’ Mounts, gun...... 428 Magdeburg, cabinetmaking school.... 431 Municipal ownership...... 439 Mail coaches, Germany...... 430 Musical instruments, Philippines .... 430 Mail service, see Postal service. Nails, Belgium...... 432 Maize, see Corn. exporters of...... 430 Malta, American cattle...... 431 Names, Board of Geographic...... 439 flour trade...... 431 National banks...... 435 Mannheim, Germany, soap...... 431 National cemeteries, see names of indi- Manual training, Germany...... 430 vidual cemeteries. Manufacturing, cotton, Mexico...... 429 1 National defense...... 422 VI July , 1900

Page Page National Guard, see Militia. Peach leaf curl...... 423 National Museum...... 438 Pear blight...... 423 National Soldiers' Home, branch at Pectolite...... 425 Fort Sherman, Idaho...... 419 Pei-Ho, chart...... 427 Naval Academy...... 428 Peking River...... 427 Naval officers, see Navy. Penal code, Cuba and Porto Rico...... 437 Naval vessels, see War ships. Philippines...... 437 Navigation, Costa Rica...... 429 Penalties, laws...... 432 decisions...... 433 Pension Appeals, Board of...... 424 laws...... 436 Pensions, decisions...... 424 obstructions...... 433 Peru...... 429 Navigation Bureau, Navy Dept... 428,436 Petroleum, exports...... 436 Treasury Department...... 433 Russia, pipe line...... 432 Navy, appropriations, digest of...... 434 Philippines, commerce...... ’...... 437 enlistment...... 427 musical instruments...... 430 officers, list of...... 428 penal code...... 437 Navy Department...... 426 Phosphorus, chloronitrides...... 425 Navy-yards, labor...... 427 Pigs, see Hogs. orders...... 427 Pikes Peak forest reserve...... 426 Netherlands, demand for coal...... 430 Pilot charts...... 428 New Granada, see Colombia. Pilot rules...... 433,436 New Jersey, hydromica...... 425 Pine, Southern...... 422 New York Navy-Yard...... 428 Pipes, welding of...... 430 New York State, road act...... 422 Plague, swine...... 421 Nicaragua...... 429 Plants, forage...... 421 commerce...... 430 Ocracoke Island...... 421 Nitrates, Chile...... 429 Platt, Orville H...... 419 Noctuidae...... 439 Plum Creek forest reserve...... 426 North Carolina, vegetation...... 421 Point, see name of point. Norway, mackerel fisheries...... 432 Pomology Division...... 422 Notice to Mariners, Coast and Geo- Pontchartrain, Lake...... 434 detic Survey...... 434 Population...... 435 Hydrographic Office ...... 427 Pork, Korea...... 431 Light-House Board...... 435 Port, see name of port. Nuremberg, automobile exposition ... 431 Porto Rico, commerce...... 437 Nutrition, see Foods. education...... 437 Ocracoke Island...... 421 German printing machinery...... 432 Octants...... 427 military telegraph lines...... 438 Officers, bonds of...... 432 penal code...... 437 Engineer Corps...... 438 repayments to U. S. importers...... 433 Light-House Establishment...... 435 rubber...... 421 Pay Department...... 438 Treasury Dept, employees...... 433 Revenue Cutter Service, uniforms. 436 Porto Rico Census Office...... 438 Subsistence Department...... 438 Post-Office Department...... 428 see also Army—Government offi- Post-offices, military posts...... 437 cials—Marine Corps—Navy. Postal bulletin, daily...... 429 Official Gazette...... 426 Postal Guide...... 428 Oil...... 435 Postal Service, orders...... 429 arctic engine...... 427 Poultry, Great Britain...... 431 see also Petroleum. Power of attorney, Mexico...... 429 Oligocene coral fauna...... 425 Precipitation...... 423 Orders, see Animal Industry Bureau— President of United States...... 420 Army — Court - martial — Gen- Pressure, atmospheric...... 423 eral—Navy-yards—Postal serv- Prices...... 439 ice—Special orders. Prince Edward Island, railroads...... 432 Ordnance Bureau...... 428 Printing machinery in Porto Rico...... 432 Ordnance Department...... 438 Provisions, exports...... 436 Oregon, weather...... 423 Public debt...... 433 Ores, analysis...... 425 Public Health Reports...... 436 Ornithology, see Birds. Public lands, decisions...... 424 Oswego and Rome Railroad Co...... 419 Public printer, see Government Print- Pacific coast, inland waters, pilot rules 436 ing Office. Pacific Ocean, equator crossings...... 428 Public Road Inquiries Office...... 422 pilot chart...... 428 Publications, Agriculture Department 422 Paper, France...... 432 Publications Division...... 422 Paper currency...... 436 Puerto Cabello, Venezuela...... 431 Paraguay...... 429 Puerto Rico, see Porto Rico. hard woods...... 432 Pulp mill, British Columbia...... 431 public works...... 430 Pulp-wood, see Wood-pulp. Parcels-post, package unsealed...... 433 Pyrophyllite...... 425 Paris, Internal. Marine Congress...... 429 Quantung, gold...... 432 Patent Office...... 426 Quarantine, Alaska...... 432 Patents, decisions...... 426 Quartermaster’s Department...... 438 Korea...... 432 Quebec, maple sugar...... 432 Pavements, Buenos Ayres...... 429 Quinine, Batavia...... 431,432 Switzerland...... 430 Quinte, Bay of...... 428 Pay Department...... 438 Railroad stations, military posts...... 437 Paymaster-General, Army, see Pay Railroads...... '...... 429 Department. Brazil...... 429 Jul y , 1900 VII

Page Page Railroads, Ecuador...... 429 Sheep-bound reserve...... 420 Formosa...... 430 Shipbuilding, foreign, in 1900 ...... 431 Haiti ...... 430 Shipments to depositories...... -. 440 Honduras...... 429 Shipping, Greece...... 432 income account...... 439 United States, at Vancouver...... 431 Japan...... 430 see also Steamboats. Mexico...... 430 Shoes, American, in Germany...... 431 Prince Edward Island...... 432 Shoup, George L...... 419 rate of speed in Europe...... 432 Shrapnel...... 438 Russia, accidents...... 432 Siberia...... 431 Siberia...... 432 I railway...... 432 statistics...... 439 Signal Office...... 438 traveling rates in Scotland...... 431 I Silicates...... 425 see also Electric railroads—Freight Smithsonian Institution...... 438 rates—Transportation. Smyrna, trade of...... 431 Railway Mail Service...... 429 Snowfall...... 423 Railways, see Railroads. Soap, Mannheim...... 431 Real estate, see Lands. Soils Division...... 422 Reappraisements...... 434 Soldiers, see Army. Receipts and expenditures...... 420, 434 South Africa, see Africa. Receivers, land offices...... 424, 425 South Dakota, geology of...... 426 Reciprocity with Italy...... 420 South Platte forest reserve...... 426 Record, Congressional...... 419 Southern pine...... 422 Referendum, see Legislation, direct. Spain...... 431 Register, Army, 1899 ...... 437 machinery for tanning...... 431 Military Academy...... 437 Spanish America, see American Re- Register of copyrights, see Copyright publics Bureau—Latin America. Office. Special orders, adjutant-general...... 437 Registered bonds...... 435 Engineer Department...... 438 Registers, land offices...... 424,425 Navy Department...... 427 Registration of copyrights...... 440 Springfield, Mo., storm...... 423 Representatives, see House. Spyglasses...... 427 Reserves, forest, see Forest reserves. Stamps, revenue, imprinted...... 435 Revenue, see Internal revenue. Venezuelan law...... 431 Revenue Cutter Service...... 436 State Department...... 429 Rio Grande coal fields...... 425 States, criminal laws...... 432 River stations, operations at...... 426 laws on trusts...... 439 Riv ers, collisions...... 436 Stationery, Printing, and Blanks Divi- Roads...... 422 sion ...... 433 Rocks, analysis...... 425,426 Statistics Bureau...... 436 Rosario, Argentina...... 429 Statistics Division...... 423 Rotterdam, lumber market...... 430 Statutes, see Laws. Roumania, commercial travelers...... 430 Steamboat Inspection Service...... 436 Rubber, Porto Rico...... 421 salaries of officers...... 433 Rules of road...... 433 Steamboats, Chungking...... 430 Russia, decline of trade...... 432 mail...... 428 liquor traffic...... ,...... 430 Steel, world’s production...... 431 oil pipe line...... J...... 432 Stock, see Cattle—Hogs—Horses. railway accidents...... 432 Stoneware, Germany...... 431 Safety, Port, Alaska...... 434 Stoppage circular...... 438 Sailors, see Navy. Storekeepers, official bonds...... 435 St.John, Antigua...... 428 Storms, Great Lakes...... 423 Salaries, steam vessel inspectors...... 433 Springfield, Mo...... 423 Salesmen, see Commercial travelers. Streams, see Rivers. Salvador...... 429 Street cars, see Electric railroads. Samoan Islands, trade, 1899 ...... 432 Street railroads, see Electric railroads. San Bernardino forest reserve...... 426 Strikes, Berlin...... 431 San Carlos coal field...... 425 Submarine cables...... 429 San Francisco, Haffkineinoculation.. 436 Subsistence Department...... 438 San Gabriel forest reserve...... 426 Suez Canal, traffic...... 432 San Jacinto forest reserve...... 426 Sugar, as food...... 432 San Juan del Norte, trade...... 429 German exports...... 431 San Salvador, see Salvador. Sugar-beet, see Beet sugar. Saxony, electric railroads...... 431 Supplies and Accounts Bureau...... 428 Schools, cabinetmakiug, Magdeburg.. 431 Surgeon-General, Army, see Medical commercial, Tiflis...... 431 Department. Scotland, American trade in...... 431 Surveyors-general, land offices...... 425 railroad rates...... 431 Sushitna Basin, Alaska...... 425 Secretary, see, for departmental secre- Sweden, cheese...... 430 taries, names of Departments. forestry ...... 429 Secretary of Senate, reports...... 419 laborers’ wages...... 431 Seed and Plant Introduction Section.. 421 Swine, see Hogs. Seeds...... 421 Switzerland, air ship...... 430 clover...... 421,430 alliance with United States...... 431 Senate...... 419 commercial travelers...... 430 Serum, antialcohol...... 431 dentistry...... 430 Sewell, William J ...... 419 insurance law...... 431 Shanghai, foreigners...... 431 pavements...... 430 tobacco imports...... 431 1 protection of birds...... 431 VIII Jul y , 1900

Page Page Sydney, New South Wales, bridge.... 432 Uniforms, Revenue-Cutter Service.... 436 showroom...... 431 United Kingdom, see Great Britain. Tanning, Spanish machinery...... 431 Urgent deficiency estimates, see bu- Tariff, Canada...... 430 reaus and objects. Canary Islands...... 430 Uruguay...... 429 Costa Rica...... 429 „ tariff...... 431 decisions...... 433 Vacuum arctic engine oil...... 427 repayments, Porto Rican imports . 433 Valencia...... 434 Salvador...... 429 American wheat in...... 431 Turkey...... 431 dredging of port...... 432 Uruguay...... 431 electric railroads...... 430,431 Vladivostok...... 431 Vanadium...... 425 see also names of articles imported. Vancouver, United States vessels .... 431 Taxes,German department stores .... 430 Various Bureaus...... 439 Madagascar...... 430 Vegetable Physiology and Pathology Spain, transportation...... 431 Division...... 423 Telegraph, Government rates...... 433 Vegetation, see Plants. Telegraph lines, Porto Rico...... 438 Venezuela, handbook...... 429 Telegraph stations, military posts.... 437 stamp law...... 434 Telephonograph...... 431 Vessels, see Shipping—Steamboats— Temperature...... 423 War-ships. Territories, criminal laws...... 432 Vladivostok...... 434 laws on trusts...... 439 customs regulations...... 431 Texas, coal fields...... 425 trade...... 432 mails for...... 429 Wages, Swedish farm laborers...... 431 Tiflis, commercial school...... 431 AV agon factory, Chemnitz...... 432 Titanium...... 425 War Department...... 436 Tobacco, American,foreign imports.. 432 War-ships...... 426 Shanghai...... 431 Washington, see District of Columbia. Tools, Germany...... 431 Washington State, chart...... 434 Tourmaline...... 425 Water plants, ownership...... 439 Trade, see Exports—names of coun- Water-supply papers...... 426 tries and places. Waterproof material, Germany...... 432 Trade-marks, decisions...... 420 Waubaushene, Ontario...... 427 Korea...... 432 Weather Bureau...... 423 Tramways, see Electric railroads. Weather map...... 423 Transportation, cattle...... 420 Weather Review, Monthly...... 423 development...... 420 West Indies, Danish, trade...... 432 Honduras...... 429 West Point, N. Y., see Military Acad- Spanish taxes...... 431 emy. Transportation rates, see Freight rates. Wheat, American, in Valencia...... 431 Travel orders...... 433 Argentine exports...... 431 Traveling agents, see Commercial White River Plateau timber reserve.. 426 travelers. Wind ...... 423 Treasurer of United States...... 436 Wine, foreign production...... 432 Treasury, condition of...... 433,434 Wood-pulp, Canada...... 432 decisions...... 433 Woods, Paraguay...... 432 Treasury Department...... 432 Workingmen, see Labor. Trusts...... 439 Yards and Docks Bureau...... 428 Austria...... 432 Yearbook, 1899...... 421 Turkey, tariff...... 431 Y. M. C. A., Washington, D. C...... 419