5. Office of Assistant Director-Continued Chief of Section Stenographer Chief of Section Stenographer Chief of Division APPENDIX 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES EXPLANATORY VOTE The Classifications of Activities in this series have for their purpose to list and classify in all practicable detail the specific activities engaged in by the several services of the national government. Such statements are of value from a number of standpoints. They furnish, in the first place, the most effective showing that can be made in brief compass of the character of the work performed by the service to which they relate. Secondly, they lay the basis for a system of accounting and reporting that will permit the showing of total expenditures classified according to activities. Finally, taken collectively, they make possible the preparation of a general or consolidated statement of the activities of the government as a whole. Such a statement will reveal in detail, not only what the government is doing, but the services in which the work is being performed. For example, one class of activities that would probably appear in such a classification is that of “scientific research.” A subhead under this class would be "chemical research." Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coördination of the work of the government. The Institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES 1. Promotion of export trade. 1. Procuring and distribution of information regarding eco nomic conditions and markets for American goods in foreign countries. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES 119 2. Procuring and distribution of names of merchants in foreign countries. 3. Procuring and distribution of data on foreign tariffs and trade restrictions. 4. Protection of American patents and trade-marks. 5. Procuring and distribution of information regarding com mercial law and practices in foreign countries. 6. Adjustment of disputes between American and foreign merchants. 7. Stimulation of interest in export trade. 8. Assistance to foreign buyers. 9. Distribution of information regarding American goods and industries. 10. Making studies of technique of foreign trade. II. Furnishing assistance and advice in connection with research work. 12. Collection and distribution of information regarding finan cial, banking and investment conditions in foreign coun tries. 2. Compilation of statistics. 1. Annual and monthly statistics of imports, exports and move ment of vessels. 2. Special statistical compilations relating to the foreign trade of the United States. 3. Preparation of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. 4. Compilation and publication of trade statistics of foreign countries. 5. Compilation and publication of statistics relating to domestic trade. 3. Administration of the China Trade Act. 4. Aids to other government departments. 5. Studies of industrial and commercial organization and methods in foreign countries. 6. Aid to industries purchasing material abroad. 7. Supplying information regarding domestic economic conditions and trade. 8. Study of factors affecting domestic trade. APPENDIX 3 PUBLICATIONS Annual Report of the Director. The annual report of the Director, generally issued in December, contains an account of the work of the preceding fiscal year ended June 30, and a general survey of foreign trade developments in that period. Foreign Commerce and Navigation. The publication entitled Foreign Commerce and Navigation, issued annually, contains the statistics of the imports and exports of the United States and of the number and tonnage of vessels engaged in foreign trade arriving at or departing from the United States. This publication has been issued annually since 1820. The reports for 1821 to 1865 were compiled in the office of the Register of the Treasury, those for 1866 to 1903 were published by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department; those from 1904 to 1911 by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. For 1912 and later years the reports have been published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The statistics were published for fiscal years ending September 30 up to 1842. The report for 1843 is for the nine months ending June 30. The fiscal year ending June 30 was used until 1918, when the change was made to the calendar year, the report for the , fiscal year 1918 being the last one giving statistics by fiscal years. The report for the calendar year 1918 contains figures for the period from July 1, to December 31, 1918 and for the entire calendar year 1918. The report for the calendar year 1918 thus duplicates the figures for January to June of that year published in the fiscal year report. The figures for the fiscal year 1918, for the six months July to December, 1919, and for the calendar year 1919 give a continuous record without duplication. The volume is generally issued in the late spring or early summer. Several of the tables are issued also in separate form. In this report the primary classification is by articles, the secondary classifications being countries and customs districts. For some years prior to 1912 this publication gave a primary classification by countries, with a secondary classification by articles. Since 1912 the statistics by countries and articles have been issued as numbers of the Miscellaneous Series under the title “Trade of the United States with the World," the serial number of each issue being as follows: Fiscal years 1912 and 1913: Miscellaneous Series No. 12 Fiscal years 1917 and 1918: Miscellaneous Series No. 78, Part 1, Imports, Part 2, Exports Calendar years 1918 and 1919: Miscellaneous Series No. 106, Part 1, Imports, Part 2, Exports Calendar years 1919 and 1920: Miscellaneous Series No. 109, Imports only Calendar years 1920 and 1921: Miscellaneous Series No. 115, Part 1, Imports, Part 2, Exports Monthly Summary of the Foreign Commerce of the United States. This publication, which gives monthly statistics of exports and imports of the United States, was first issued in 1866 by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department. The titles of the publications and the offices issuing it have been as follows: Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department Monthly Report of Director of Bureau of Statistics, November, 1866, to August, 1868 Monthly Report of Deputy Special Commissioner in charge of Bureau of Statistics, January, 1869 to June, 1875 Summary Statement of Imports and Exports, July, 1875, to December, 1894 Finance, Commerce, and Navigation, January to December, 1895 Monthly Summary of Finance and Commerce, January, 1896, to June, 1898 Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, July, 1898, to June, 1903 Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, July, 1903, to June, 1912 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, July, 1912, to June, 1914 Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce, beginning with July, 1914 At present this publication is devoted entirely to statistics of imports, exports, and vessel movements. While the publication was issued under the title “Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance," it contained a mine of information on various subjects, 1 1 The gap between this series and the preceding one is only in time of publication. The statistics are continuous. |