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Vegetables.-Vegetables are valued at more than $49,408,000, that sum being reached by the following:

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White beans....

Other beans....

Potatoes

$12, 545, 000

10, 615,000

9, 650,000

22, 967, 000

Wine, oils, etc.-The production of wine is valued at $69,480,000; oils (principally olive oils), at $36,477,000; and oranges, at $9,650,000. The total value of the earth's yield of fruits, etc., is put at $470,920,000. The area devoted to wine was 3,460,692 acres, a decrease of 756,072 acres compared with 1890 and a falling off in production of 197,493,492 gallons. On the other hand, the land applied to the production of olives increased 279,337 acres, forming a total area devoted to this useful and valuable fruit of 3,130,418 acres, yielding 8,076,948 bushels, an increase over 1890 of 3,702,023 bushels. The amount of land devoted to wheat is put at 8,608,774 acres and produces 7,175,193,894 pounds; the irrigated wheat lands are 541,149 acres, producing 836,105,352 pounds. The total production of wheat in 1902 was 8,011,312,475 pounds, of which 5,914,691,798 pounds are needed for home consumption and for seed, thus leaving 1,986,607,448 pounds for export.

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XII.

MERCERIZED-COTTON EXPERIMENTS............

COLOMBIAN RAILWAY CONCESSION TO AMERICANS..

XIII. NEW TRADE OPENINGS ABROAD.............

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XII

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.Hughes 595

..Mason 598 Guenther 602

..Lieberknecht

603

...Guenther

604

...Hughes

605

Waterman 606

Hughes

608

610

...Halstead 610

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XIV.

XV.-IMPORTS INTO NATAL FROM THE UNITED STATES......

XVI.-EXPERTS AS AIDS TO EXPORTS...........................

XVII. CUBAN FRUIT IN THE UNITED STATES.......................

618

XVIII.-ORANGE BOXES FOR PARAGUAY...................................

.....Ruffin 619

XIX. PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF ORANGES AND LEMONS,

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XXV.-RUBBER IN THE FRENCH COLONIES.......
XXVI.—RUBBER-TREE PLANTING IN THE EAST..................
XXVII.-EDUCATION AND THE ELIMINATION OF CRIME..

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XXVIII.-HONDURAS AT THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION....
XXIX. SOUTH AFRICAN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION..

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XXX.-INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION AT VIENNA........Rublee
XXXI. CANADIAN LAW RELATIVE TO IMPORTS OF NURSERY STOCK,

636

Johnson.......

637

XXXII. CANADIAN TARIFF CHANGES......

...Shotts 638

XXXIII.—PREPARATION OF PEAT FOR FUEL IN ONTARIO........................

.Burke 640

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LXXX.-NOTES (American Stoves in Brazil-Artesian Wells in Brazil-

American Glass Goods in England-American Trade in Aix

la Chapelle-Americans and American Investments in Chi-

huahua-Americans and American Trade in Parral-Ameri-

can Iron and Steel in Germany-Direct Steam Communication

with Cadiz-New Steamship Service to Porto Rico-New

Steam Service between New York and Antigua-American

Trade in the Dominican Republic-Exports from Puerto Cor-

tes, Honduras-Cigarette Paper Wanted in Greece-American

Trade at St. John's, Quebec-Trade Statistics at Fault-Amer-

ican and German Sewing Machines in Japan-Germany at the St.

Louis World's Fair-Brazil at the St. Louis Exposition-Fight-

ing the American Petroleum Trade in Germany-American

Periodicals at Rouen-Opening for Mill Machinery in Warsaw—

Information for Shippers to Lourenço Marquez-Improve-

ment in Brakes for Warp Beams-New Vocation for Women-

Alcohol from Sawdust-Ammonal, a New Explosive-Plague

Prevention by Vaccination-German Cotton Supply-Cotton

Growing in Lagos, West Africa-Foreign Trade of France-

Cutting Trees by Electricity-New Turbine Channel Steamer-

Foreigners in German Technical Schools-Consumption of

Potatoes in Germany-Opposition to Restriction of Trusts in

Germany Danger in Celluloid Doll Heads-German Loco-

motives for Japan-Failure of the Tobacco Crop in Hanover-

Federal Automobile Law for Germany-German-Oriental

Mail Service via Siberia-The New German Tariff-German

Consular Reports—Automobiles vs. Omnibuses in Baden-

Boycotting the German-American Petroleum Company-

Cheap Electricity in Berlin-Trade of the German Colonies-

Canadian Surtax on German Goods-Copper and Asbestos

Mines of Quebec-Nickel Mines of Ontario-Agricultural

Prosperity in Western Ontario-Canadian Wool Industry-

Typewriters to be Admitted Free into Peru-Decree Relative

to Goods Entering Venezuela through Carupano-Increase in

the Import Duties of Guatemala-South African Preferential

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