PUBLIC LIBRahm odRsn916 DETROIT.______ | Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents August,No. 260 1916 ISSUED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON 1915 Appendix.............................................................app. I Page, pages..................................... ------P- Congress.............................................................AbbreviationsCong. Part, parts....................................... pt., pts. Department....................................................... Dept. | Plate, plates.................................... -------Pl- Document............................................. .............doc. Portrait, portraits.......................... -----por. Facsimile, facsimiles............................ ........facsim. Quarto............................................. ------- 4* Folio.......................................................................... I® ! Report............................................. House...................................................................... H......Saint................................................ House bill.......................................................... H. R. Section,sections............................ ..............sec. House concurrent resolution............... H. Con. Res. Senate, Senate bill......................... ..................8. House document............................................H. doc. Senate concurrent resolution........ ,S. Con. Res. House executive document................. ..H. ex. doc. | Senate document........................... .........S. doc. House joint resolut'on.......................... ...H. J. Res. Senate executive document......... ..S. ex. doc. House report......................................... ..........H. rp. Senate joint resolution.................. ...S. J. Res. House resolution (sample).............................H. Res, Senate report................................. ..S. rp. Illustration, illustrations........................................ il. Senate resolution (simple)............ .8. Res. Inch, inches............................................................ in......Session............................................ ...sess. Latitude................................................ ............... lat. Sixteenmo....................................... .......16° Longitude...........................................................long. Table, tables....... ....tab. Mile, miles...............................................................m. Thirty two-mo.... .......32* Miscellaneous............................................ mis., mlsc. Treasury.............. .Treas. Nautical..............................................................naut. Twelvemo............ .......12* No date...............................................................n. d. Twentyfour-mo.. .......24* No place..............................................................n. p. 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Ihe State Department has issued another installment of its “ Diplomatic Cor- respondence with Belligerent Governments Relating to Neutral Rights and Duties. ’ This is Part 3 of the series commonly called the “ White Book.” It contains the text of papers