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Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the Year 1903 compared with the four preceding years. Volume I. [Cd. 2043/04.] Price 78. 1d. Volume II. [Cd. 2081/04] Price 5s.

Annual Statement of the Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom for the Year 1903. [Cd. 2122 04.] Price 3s. 2d.

Tables showing the Progress of Merchant Shipping in the United Kingdom and the principal maritime countries, 1902. [290/1903.] Price 84d.

Railway Returns for the United Kingdom, 1902. [Cd. 1709/03.] Price 1. 3d.

Emigration and Immigration.-Statistical Tables and Report, 1903. [145/04.] Price 8d. Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom. 1838-1902. [Cd. 1727/1903.] Price 1s. 3d. Statistical Abstract for the Colonies. 1888-1902. [Cd. 1729/03.] Price 1s. 9d.

Statistical Abstract for Foreign Countries. 1891 to 1900-01. [Cd. 1796/03.1 Price 18. 6d.
Statistical Tables relating to Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom. Part
XXVI. 1901. [Cd. 1728-03.] Price 6s. 4d.

Life Assurance Companies' Return, 1903. [34/1904.] Price 3s. 4d.
Bankruptcy. Report for the Year 1902. [292/03.] Price 9d.

Shipping Casualties-Abstracts of Returns of Shipping Casualties on or near the Coasts of the United Kingdom, 1901-02 (with Charts and Appendices). [Cd. 1716/03.] Price 48. 8d. Patent Office-Report for the Year 1903. [178,04.] Price 54d.

Companies (Winding Up). Twelfth Annual Report. [291/1903.] Price 54d.

Coal Exports for 1903. [96/1904.] Price 3d.

Coal Tables.-Statistical Tables and Report relating to Coal and Petroleum Production in the Principal Countries of the World, 1883-1902. [312/03.] Price 5d.

Iron and Steel, 1903. Statistical Tables. [244/1904. [Price 3d.

Colonial Import Duties Return, 1903. [Cd. 1811/03.] Price 28.

Foreign Import Duties Return. [Cd. 1735/03.] Price 18. 11d.

Labour Department.-Ninth Annual Abstract of Labour Statistics of the United Kingdom. 1901-02. [Cd. 1755/03.] Price 18.

Labour Department.-Changes in Wages and Hours of Labour. [Cd. 1562/03.] Price 8d. Labour Department.-Abstract of Foreign Labour Statistics. [Cd. 720.] Price 18. 44d. Labour Department.-Report by the Chief Labour Correspondent on the Strikes and Lockouts of 1903, with Statistical Tables. [Cd. 2112/04.] Price 7d.

Tramways and Light Railways (Street and Road) Return. [324/1904.] Price 7d. II-MONTHLY RETURNS

Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for each month during the Year. July, 1904. [25.VI/1904] Price 18. 1d.

Account relating to the Trade and Commerce of certain Foreign Countries and British Possessions. [82.IV/1904.] Price 44d.

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Alcoholic Beverages.-Production and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages (Wine, Beer, and Spirits) in the various European Countries and United States. [335/1901.] Price 10d. British and Foreign Trade and Industry. Memoranda, Statistical Tables and Charts. [Cd. 1761/1903.] Price 3s. 6d.

British Colonies (Duties on Imports). No. 299/03. Price d.

Canada (Preferential Tariff for Goods from the United Kingdom). 310/03. Price d.

Commercial Mission to South Africa.-Report from the Special Commissioner appointed by the Board of Trade. [Cd. 1844/03.] Price 18. 6d.

Commercial Mission to Persia.-Report from the Special Commissioner appointed by the Board of Trade. [Cd. 2146.] Price 1s. 3d.

Commercial Travellers. Memorandum. [Cd. 1961.] Price 3d.

Conciliation (Trades Disputes) Act, 1896. Fourth Report. [Cd. 1846/03.] Price 6d.
Certificates of Origin. Memorandum. [Cd. 1446/03.] Price 3d.

Exports from the United Kingdom of Woollen and Cotton Goods and Cutlery in 1877, 1882, 1887, &c., and 1902. [327/03.] Price d.

Extracts from Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Coal. [Cd. 1409/03.] Price 6d.

Food Supplies (Imported) Return. [179/03.] Price 44d.

Imports and Exports of United Kingdom by Groups of Countries. [214/1903.] Price d. Labour Department.-Report by the Chief Labour Correspondent on Trade Unions in 1901, with Comparative Statistics, [Cd. 1348/02] Price 114d.

Memorandum on the comparative Statistics of Population, Industry and Commerce of the
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Preferential Trade Return, showing the advantages granted to other countries in States where
British trade does not enjoy most-favoured-nation treatment. [329/1903.] Price 1d.
Report to the Board of Trade by the Advisory Committee on Commercial Intelligence,
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Tea and Coffee.-Statement showing the Imports of Tea and Coffee into the principal
Countries of Europe, the United States, and British Colonies. [363/1902.] Price 6d.
Trade and Shipping of Africa, with Maps and Statistical Tables. [C. 9223/99.] Price 1s. 6d.
Trade and Shipping of South-East Asia, with Map and Statistical Tables [Cd. 324/01.]
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Trade between the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany. Return. [328/1903.] Price 4d.
Trade of the United Kingdom with Germany. [131.] Price 1d.

Trade of British Colonies with Foreign Countries. [110/1904.] Price 2d.

Trade (Colonies and United Kingdom). Return. [262,03.] Price 2d.

Trade of British Possessions. Statement during the Year 1901. [Cd. 1638/03.] Price 14.
Wholesale and Retail Prices in the United Kingdom in 1902, with comparative Statistical
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Board of Trade Journal.

AUGUST 11TH, 1904.

CONTENTS.

Openings for British Trade

British Colonies, &c. :—

British India.-Tenders for Plate Girder Spans.

Opening for Hydro-Electric Plant for Water Supply of Simla.
Irrigation Works in Madras,

Canada.-Enquiries relating to Canadian Trade.

Opening for Waterworks and Drainage System.

Natal.-Opening for Waterworks.

Foreign Countries:—

Openings for Trade in Egypt, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France,
Algeria, Tunis, Spain, Italy, Roumania, Brazil, and China.
Exhibition:-

Hamburg Commercial Museums.

Advisory Committee for the Imperial Institute...

Foreign Trade of the United Kingdom in July, 1904
British Trade Abroad (Wuchow, Yokohama, Marseilles)
Finishing Trade in Germany...

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New Zealand. Bahamas. Egyptian Sudan. Russia. Germany. German East
Africa. Spain. Panama.

New Transport Facilities at Port Said. Concession for Steamer Traffic on Lake
Menzaleh (Egypt). Floating Coal Depôt at Valencia.

Enquiry under the Boiler Explosions Act. Discovery of Copper, Iron, and Lead in Algeria. Japanese Petroleum Industry.

Jute Crop in Bengal. Report on Hemp Crop of Italy. Tobacco Industry and Cotton Cultivation in Paraguay: Samples of Tobacco and Cotton on View. Miscellaneous

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Manufacture of Earthenware Pipes in Natal. Trade Permits for the Sudan.
Russian Commercial Handbook. Establishment of a Russian Central Trading
Agency at Basra. Trade of Algeria. Import Trade of Brazil.
of a Special Currency in Panama.

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Cotton Returns (Month and Week).

Corn Prices.

Establishment

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Bankruptcy Statistics (England and Wales).

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