Revised Statutes 335.

The purpose of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is the collection, arrangement, and classification of such statistical information as may be procured, showing, or tending to show, each year the condition of the domestic trade, currency and banks of the several States and Territories.

Revised Statutes 336.'

The Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, annually prepare a report on the statistics of commerce and navigation of the United States with foreign countries, to the close of the calendar year. Such accounts shall comprehend all goods, wares, and merchandise exported from the United States to other countries, and all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States from other countries, and all navigation employed in the foreign trade of the United States; which facts shall be stated according to the principles and in the manner hereby directed.

First. The kinds, quantities, and values of all articles exported, and the kinds, quantities, and values of all articles imported, shall be distinctly stated in such accounts, except in cases in which it may appear to the Secretary of Commerce that separate statements of the species, quantities, or values of any particular articles would swell the annual statements without utility; and, in such cases, the kinds and total values of such articles shall be stated together, or in such classes as the Secretary of Commerce may think fit.

Second. The exports shall be so stated as to show the exports to each foreign country, and their values; and the imports shall be so stated as to show the imports from each foreign country, and their values.

Third. The exports shall be so stated as to show, separately, the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of the United States, and their values; and the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of foreign countries, and their values.

Fourth. The navigation employed in the foreign trade of the United States shall be stated in such manner as to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing from the United States for foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels, and also the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation; and in such manner as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing for every particular foreign country with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and in such manner as to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving in the United

'As amended February 27, 1877 (19 Stat. L., 241), and as modified March 6, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 52), and August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409). Sec. 333 Revised Statutes provides for the collection of banking statistics by the Comptroller of Currency. No appropriation or machinery is provided for obtaining statistics of domestic trade.

'As amended January 25, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1055), and modified February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736), and March 1, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1256).

States from foreign countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and also the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs, and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation; and in such manner as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels arriving from every particular foreign country with which the United States have any considerable commerce; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessels of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels.

Fifth. Such accounts shall comprehend and include, in tabular form, the quantity by weight or measure, as well as the amount of value, of the several articles of foreign commerce, whether dutiable or otherwise; and also a similar and separate statement of the commerce of the United States with the British Provinces, under the late so-called reciprocity treaty with Great Britain.

Revised Statutes 337.

In order to enable the Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to prepare the annual report on the statistics of commerce and navigation required to be submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Commerce, the following regulations shall be observed by all collectors of

customs:

First. The kinds and quantities of all imported articles free from duty shall be ascertained by entry, made upon oath or affirmation, by the owner, or by the consignee or agent of the importer, or by actual examination, where the collector shall think such examination necessary; and the values of all such articles shall be ascertained in the same manner in which the values of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained.

Second. The values of all imported articles subject to specific duties shall be ascertained in the manner in which the values of imports subject to duties ad valorem are ascertained.

Third. The several collectors shall keep separate accounts of the kinds, quantities, and values of such parts of the imports subject to duties ad valorem as may be directed by the Secretary of Commerce.

Fourth. All articles exported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear, at the time of exportation, in the ports of the United States from which they are exported; and all articles imported shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear in the foreign ports from which they are exported for importation into the United States, at the time of such exportation.

Fifth. Before a clearance shall be granted for any vessel bound to a foreign place, the collector shall require the owners, shippers, or consignors of the cargo to deliver to the collector manifests of the cargo, or of the parts thereof shipped by them respectively, which manifests shall specify the kinds and quantities of the articles shipped by them respectively, and the value of the total quantity of each kind of articles; and state that such manifest contains a full, just and true account of all articles laden on board of such vessel by the owners, shippers, or consignors, respectively, and that the

As_modified February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736), and March 1, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1256).

values of such articles are truly stated, acording to their actual cost, or the values which they truly bear at the port and time of exportation. And the collector shall also require the master of the vessel, and the owners, shippers, and consignors, of the cargo, to state in writing, to the collector, the foreign place or country in which such cargo is truly intended to be landed. The manifests and statements hereby required shall be verified by the oath of the person by whom they are respectively made and subscribed.

Sixth. Every collector shall keep an accurate account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels which depart from his district for foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries for which such vessels depart; and also, an accurate account of the national characters and tonnage of all vessels which enter his district from foreign countries, and of the foreign places or countries from which such vessels arrive.

Seventh. The several collectors shall make quarter-yearly returns to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of all the facts and matters which they are hereby required to ascertain.

Revised Statutes 338.

The annual report of the statistics of commerce and navigation shall state the kinds, quantities, and value of the merchandise entered and cleared coastwise into and from the collection districts of the United States."

The Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, prepare and publish monthly reports of the exports and imports of the United States, including the quantities and values of goods warehoused or withdrawn from warehouse and such other statistics relative to the trade and industry of the country as the Secretary of Commerce may consider expedient.

The Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall prepare an annual statement of all merchandise passing in transit through the United States to foreign countries, each description of merchandise, so far as practicable, warehoused, withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, for exportation, for transportation to other districts, and remaining in the warehouse at the end of each fiscal year.

Revised Statutes 1712.*

Consuls of the United States in foreign countries shall procure and transmit to the Department of State authentic commercial information respecting

No appropriation or machinery is provided for obtaining the statistics called for by this section.

10 As modified February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736), and March 1, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1256).

"As modified August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), and March 1, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1256).

12 As amended June 18, 1888 (25 Stat. L., 186), and modified February 9, 1889 (25 Stat. L., 659).

such countries, of such character and in such manner and form and at such times as the Department may from time to time prescribe. And they shall also procure and transmit to the Department of State, for the use of the Agricultural Department, monthly reports relative to the character, condition and prospective yields of the agricultural and horticultural industries and other fruiteries of the country in which they are respectively stationed; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby required and directed to embody the information thus obtained, or so much thereof as he may deem material and important, in his monthly bulletin of crop reports.

Revised Statutes 1713."

Every consular officer shall furnish to the Secretary of Commerce as often as shall be required, the prices current of all articles of merchandise usually exported to the United States from the port or place in which he is situated; and he shall also furnish to the Secretary of Commerce, at least once in twelve months, the prices current of all articles of merchandise, including those of the farm, the garden, and the orchard, that are imported through the port or place in which he is stationed. And he shall also report as to the character of agricultural implements in use, and whether they are imported to or manufactured in that country, as to the character and extent of agricultural and horticultural pursuits there. That part of the information thus obtained which pertains to agriculture shall be transmitted by the Secretary of Commerce as soon as the same shall have been received by him, to the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall include the same, or so much thereof as he may deem material and important, in his annual reports, stating the said prices in dollars and cents, and rendering tables of foreign weights and measures into their American equivalents.

1875-Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. L., 352)—An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes."

14

[SEC. I.] . . It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to gather, collate, and annually report to the Secretary of Commerce, for transmission to Congress, statistics and facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States. . . . and the reports now by law required to be prepared and published monthly in the said Bureau . . . shall hereafter be prepared and published quarterly under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce.

13 As amended June 18, 1888 (25 Stat. L., 186), and modified February 9, 1889 (25 Stat. L., 659), February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), and March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736).

As modified February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), and March 1, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736). No appropriation or machinery is provided for collecting statistics of commerce between the States.

1879-Act of January 27, 1879 (20 Stat. L., 273)—An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service

of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.

[SEC. I.] . . And it shall be the duty of the consuls to make to the Secretary of State a quarterly statement of exports from, and imports to, the different places to which they are accredited, giving, as near as may be, the market price of the various articles of exports and imports, the duty and port charges, if any, on articles imported and exported, together with such general information as they may be able to obtain as to how, where, and through what channels a market may be opened for American products and manufactures. In addition to the duties now imposed by law, it shall be the duty of consuls of the United States, annually, to procure and transmit to the Department of State, as far as practicable, information respecting the rate of wages paid for skilled and unskilled labor within their respective jurisdictions.

1885-Act of February 25, 1885 (23 Stat. L., 324)—An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.

No part of such reports [consular and other commercial reports] discussing partisan, political, religious, or moral questions shall be published. 1893-Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. L., 689)—An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

15

[SEC. I.] . . . That hereafter collectors of customs shall render to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in such manner and form and at such periods as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, returns of exports to foreign countries leaving the United States by rail.

Any person who shall hereafter deliver to any railway or transportation company or other common carrier commodities for transportation and exportation by rail from the United States to foreign countries, shall also deliver to the collector of customs at the frontier port through which the goods pass into the foreign country a manifest, in such form as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, duly certified as to its accuracy by said person or his agent, exhibiting the kinds, quantities, and values of the several articles delivered by such person or his agent for exportation. And no railway car containing commodities, the product or manufacture of the United States or foreign goods, duty paid or free of duty, intended to be exported to any foreign country, shall be permitted hereafter to leave the United States until the agent of the railway or transportation company, or the person having

15 As modified February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), and March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736).