Accounts Section, organization of,
116; work of, 91.
Activities, classification of, 118-119;
discussion of, 43-77.
Administrative Assistant, office of,
organization of, 96-97; work of,
Agricultural Implements Division,
establishment of, 41; organization
of, III; work of, 89-90.
American Industries, distribution of
information on, 60-61.
Appropriations, acts making, 137-
140, 141, 152-155; attempted reduc-
tion in, 38; increase in, 36; state-
ment of, 156-161.
Assistant Administrative Assistant,
office of, organization of, 97; work
of, 79.
Attachés, commercial. See Commer-
cial attachés; Foreign countries,
work of officers stationed.
Automotive Division, establishment
of, 41; organization of, III; work
of, 89-90.
Banks, statistics of, 8, 12, 19.
Board of Trade (British), work of,
47, 51.
Branch Offices. See District offices.
British Trade Promotion Work,
notes on, 47, 51.
Bureau. See first significant word of
Chemical Division, establishment of,
41; organization of, 111; work of,
89-90.
Chemicals, compilation of statistics
China Trade Act, act making appro-
priations for administration of,
153; administration of, 69-74; ap-
propriations and expenditures for
administration of, 161; text of,
142-150.
Circulation Section, organization of,
115; work of, 90.
Coal Division, establishment of, 41;
organization of, 111; work of, 89-
90.
Coastwise Commerce, statistics of,
13.
Commerce and Labor Department,
authority to rearrange statistical
work of and to transfer statistical
offices to 24; creation of, 24.
Commerce and Navigation. See For-
eign Commerce and Navigation.
Commerce, coastwise. See Coast-
wise commerce.
Commerce Department, creation of,
31; text of act creating, 135-137.
Commerce, domestic. See Domestic
Commerce, foreign. See Foreign
trade.
Commerce, internal. See Domestic
Commerce Reports, change of name
of Daily Consular and Trade
Reports to, 33; description of,
122-123. See also Daily Consular
Reports.
Commerce, Secretary of, act au-
thorizing licensing of commercial
travelers by, 150; act giving con-
trol over compilation of statistics
to, 151; acts relating to reports to
be made by, 128-131, 132, 136; act
relating to reports to be made to,
132, 133, 136; acts relating to
reports prepared under direction
of, 128, 130, 132, 133; appointment
of commercial attachés by, 32;
consignment of Russian goods to,
35; power to rearrange statistical
work of Department, 24; power
to develop manufacturing indus-
tries, 25; powers under China
Trade Act, 41, 72-74, 142-150.
Commerce with noncontiguous ter-
ritories, statistics of, 23.
Commercial Agents Division, estab-
lishment of, 40.
Commercial Attachés, acts author-
izing and making appropriations
for, 140, 142, 152; appointment of,
93; appropriations and expendi-
tures for, 158-161; list of, 85;
movement to discontinue, 38; pro-
vision for, 32; work of, 44. See
also Foreign countries, work of
officers stationed in.
Commercial Attachés Division, es-
tablishment of, 40.
Commercial Intelligence Department
(British), work of, 47.
Commercial Intelligence Division,
establishment of, 41; organization
of, 110-III; Work of, 91.
Commercial Laws, acts authorizing
appointment of expert in, 141-152;
procuring and distributing infor-
mation on, 59.
Commercial Laws Division, estab-
lishment of, 41; organization of,
116-117; work of, 92.
Commercial Relations, report on, 14.
Commercial travelers in foreign
countries, act authorizing licens-
ing of, 150.
Commodity Divisions, establishment
of, 40-41; organization of, III-
116; work of, 89-91.
Communication. See Transportation
and Communication Division.
Consular Division, Bureau of Sta-
tistics, transfer to Bureau of
Manufactures, 25, 26. See also
Foreign countries, work of offi-
cers stationed in.
Consular officers, work of, 46, 49.
Consular Reports. See Daily Consu-
lar Reports; Monthly Consular
Reports; Special Consular Re-
ports; Commerce Reports.
Consular Service, work of, 92-93.
See also Foreign countries, work
of officers stationed in.
Consuls. See Foreign countries,
work of officers stationed in.
Consuls, economic, work of, 37.
Coöperative offices, establishment of,
31; list of, 82, 99; work of, 82-84.
Correspondence and Distribution
Division, establishment of, 40;
organization of, 97; work of, 80.
Correspondence Section, establish-
ment of, 40; organization of, 97;
work of, 80.
Cost Accounting Division, creation
of, 36, 40; discontinuance of, 36,
40.
Cost of production, act authorizing
studies of, 139; act making first
appropriation for studies of, 139-
140; act transferring work to Tar-
iff Commission, 140-141; appropri-
ations and expenditures for, 158-
159; work on, 29-30.
Currency, statistics of, 12.
Customs Statistics Bureau, Treasury
Department, creation of, 33;
transfer to Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, 42.
Daily Consular Reports, act author-
izing copies of, 138; change of
name to Commerce Reports, 33;
description of, 122; publication of,
22, 122. See also Commerce Re-
ports.
Department.
word of name.
Director, act changing to designation
of head of Bureau to, 141.
Directory of foreign buyers, act
making appropriations for 154.
Disbursing agents, act for relief of,
154.
See first significant
Distribution of information, discus-
sion of, 51-53.
Distribution Section, establishment
of, 40; organization of, 97; work
of, 80.
District and Coöperative Office Ser-
vice, act making appropriations
for, 152.
District Office Division, establish-
ment of, 40; organization of, 97-
99; work of, 80-84.
District offices, establishment of, 31;
list and organization of, 98-99,
work of, 52, 81-83.
Division. See first significant word
of name.
Domestic commerce, reports on, 20-
21; statistics of, 12; supplying in-
formation on, 76-77.
Domestic Commerce Division, estab-
lishment of, 77; organization of,
117; work of, 92.
Domestic exports, definition of, 4.
Domestic trade. See Domestic com-
merce.
Drawback, definition of, 4.
Dyes, investigation of, 33-34, 67.
Eastern European and Levantine
Division, establishment of, 41.
Eastern European Division, estab-
lishment of, 41; organization of,
108; work of, 86-87.
Economic consuls, work of, 37.
Editorial Division, establishment of,
40; organization of, 100; work of,
79-80.
Electrical Equipment Division, es-
tablishment of, 41; organization
of, III; work of, 89-90.
European Division, establishment of,
Expenditures, statement of, 156-161.
Export industries, acts making ap-
propriations for investigation re-
lating to, 142, 153; appropriations
and expenditures for, 161.
Export Licenses Division, establish-
ment of and transfer to War
Trade Board, 35-36, 40.
Export trade, promotion of. See
Promotion of export trade.
Exporters' Index, use of, 54.
Exports Administrative Board, es-
tablishment of, 36.
Exports and imports, statistics of.
See Statistics.
Exports by land, statistics of, 23.
Exports, domestic, definition of, 4.
Exports, foreign, definition of, 4.
Exports from foreign countries, sta-
tistics of, 22.
Far Eastern Division, establishment
of, 41; organization of, 108-109;
work of, 86-87.
Finance and Investment Division,
establishment of, 41; organization
of, 108; work of, 88-89.
Financial statements, discussion of,
156-157.
Foodstuffs Division, establishment
of, 41; organization of, III-113;
work of, 89-90.
Foreign buyers, act making appro-
priation for directory of, 154; as-
sistance to, 60.
Foreign Commerce and Navigation,
description of, 120.
Foreign Commerce Bureau, State
Department, establishment of, 18;
publication of, 22; transfer to
Bureau of Statistics, 24.
Foreign countries, investigations in,
26; investment opportunities in,
69; publication of statistics of, 68-
69; work of officers stationed in,
44-49.
Foreign exports, definition of, 4.
Foreign Investigations Division, es-
tablishment of, 40.
Foreign markets. See Markets, for-
eign.
Foreign Office, British, work of, 47.
Foreign Service Division, establish-
ment of, 40; organization of, 100-
105; work of, 84-85.
Foreign Tariff Notes, description of,
123.
Foreign Tariff Series, description of,
123.
Foreign Tariffs, acts making appro-
priation for collecting information
on, 137, 139, 154; appropriations
and expenditures for work on,
158, 161; collection and distribu-
tion of information concerning,
55-58.
Foreign Tariffs Division, creation
of, 24; organization of, 105-106;
transfer to Bureau of Manufac-
tures, 25, 27; work of, 85.
Foreign trade, promotion of, 43-62;
studies of technique of, 61.
Foreign Trade Adviser, work of
office of, 37.
Foreign trade opportunities, descrip-
tion of, 53-54; publication of, 27.
Foreign trade statistics. See Statis-
tics.
Great Britain, notes on trade pro-
motion work of, 47, 51.
Hide and Leather Division, estab-
lishment of, 41; organization of,
113; work of, 89-90.
History, discussion of, 1-42.
Immigration statistics, collection of,
22; transferred to Bureau of Im-
migration, 25.
Imports and exports, statistics of,
See Statistics.
Industrial Machinery Division, es-
tablishment of, 41; organization
of, 113; work of, 89-90.
Industrial Standards Series, descrip-
tion of, 124.
Internal commerce. See Domestic
Investment. See Finance and Invest-
ment Division.
Investment opportunities, supplying
information on, 69.
Iron and Steel Division, establish-
ment of, 41; organization of, 113;
work of, 89-90.
Labor Department, act creating, 139.
Latin American Division, establish-
ment of, 32, 40; organization of,
109; work of, 86-87.
Laws, index to, 125-127; text of,
127-155.
Laws, commercial. See Commercial
laws.
Leather. See Hide and Leather Di-
vision.
Leather Manufactures. See Shoe
and Leather Manufactures Divi-
sion.
Lumber Division, establishment of
41; organization of, 113-14; work
of, 89-90.
Machinery. See Industrial Machin-
ery Division.
Manufactures, statistics of, 12.
Manufactures Bureau, act creating,
136; act consolidating Bureau of
Statistics with, 138-139; consolida-
tion with Bureau of Statistics, 28;
creation and development of, 25-
28.
Markets, foreign, procuring and dis-
tributing data on, 44.
Merchants, procuring and distribut-
ing names of, 53-55.
Miscellaneous Series, description of,
124.
Monthly Consular Reports, publi-
cation of, 22, 122.
Monthly Summary of Foreign Com-
merce, act authorizing copies of,
134; description of, 121.
Motion picture films, use of, 61.
Names of merchants, procuring and
distributing, 53-55.
Near Eastern Section, establishment
of, 41.
Nitrogen, study of sources of supply
of, 76.
Nitrogen Division, establishment of,
41; organization of, 114; work of,
90.
Organization, development of, 40-
41; discussion of, 78-92; outline
of, 95-117.
Overseas Trade Department, Brit-
ish, notes on work of, 47, 51.
Paper Division, establishment of, 41;
organization of, 114; work of, 89-
Parcels post, statistics on, 66.
Patents, protection against infringe-
ment in foreign countries, 58.
Personnel, discussion of, 93-94.
Petroleum Division, establishment
of, 41; organization of, 114; work
of, 89-90.
Production, cost of. See Cost of
production.
Promoting commerce, acts making
appropriations for 138, 142; appro-
priations and expenditures for,
158-161.
Promoting Commerce, Europe and
other areas, act making appropria-
tion for, 152.
Promoting Commerce, Far East,
acts making appropriations for,
141, 153; appropriations and ex-
penditures for, 158-161.
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