Picron.…... p. 254. Sealing cars in bond

29. — TRENTON...., p. 255. Emigrants’ declarations, 30. — BRADFORD..... p. 263. Frequent calls are made

upon the Consul to assist in the settlement of estates in the United States or in helping to collect money due claimants from such estates. Occasionally the Consul has a commission from some port of the United States Lo sil as a commissioner taking evidence, There are many applications for information concerning persons and property in the United States.

31. — Brisror.…. p. 265. There were 421 applicants for relief at this consulate during the last fiscal year, Of

this number two were assisted at the expense of the United States.

32. — AKxyaB…. p. 270. As no American ships have visited this port for many years, and there is no business done with the United States, the position of this station is honorary. Business inquiries from American firms are approximately 30 to 40 per annum.

33. — NEwPorRT..…… p. 281. The legalization of documents relating to the sale or transfer of land or other property, patent rights...

34. — DuBLiN..….. p. 303. Many inquiries are answered concerning the shipment of horses, cattles, and dogs, and from travellers and intending emigrants as to rates of duties and amount of goods that can be taken into the United States without the payment of duty...

Among the miscellaneous services rendered are taking depositions, serving cilations, oblaining certificates of birth, marriages, and deaths, for persons desiring to prove tittle to estates, etc,

39. — BaALLINA..... p. 304. The duties of this agency are mainly of a notarial character, Nearly every family in this district has some relative in America, and powers of attorney and conveyances have frequently to be executed here.

36. — GasPE BASIN..... p. 314. The principal duties of this office concern invoices, bills of health, protection of American fishing interests, etc.

37. —— GLascow..….. p. 319. The duties involved in this connection are disinfection of baggage, etc., where necessary, inspection of passengers and crew, taking oaths of

master and surgeon to passenger manifests, and complet ing same, and granting bills of health.

38, — Liverpoor.….. p. 9347. Application is also consantly made Lo the Consul for relief by persons representing themselves to be destitute American citizens.

39 .— MANCHESTER... p. 354. A large number of letters are received, mainly from manufacturers, merchants, dealers, and growers in the United States, who, desiring to extend their markets, write for full information, lists of names, standing of firms, etc., to aid in opening up a business.

40. — MonTRÉAL...., p. 361. Some gel into trouble for petty offences, and require the assistance of the Consulategeneral to get their penalties remitted, In serious cases, in which there has been the penalty of inprisonment in the penitentiary, there has been considerable labor and corresvondence, often requiring visits to the Dominion authoriles at Ottawa... Procuring for persons resident in the United States copies of marriage and death certificates, requires a great deal of labor and time, as marriages and deaths are only registered in the church of the parish in which the parties were married or died. As parties making the inquiries know nothing of the parish or chureh wherein the marriages or deaths were registered, much time and labor are involved in hunting up such matters, especially in cases where the marriages or deaths occurred many years ago. Inquiries are numerous as to Canadian tariffs : as Lo market for various kinds of goods ; as to laws of Canada ; as to municipal assessments and rates of taxa-

tion ; as to minerals and other products of Canada, and

upon almost every subject conceivable.

41. — OTrawa..……. p. 382. Ottawa being the seat of the Dominion government, the duties of the office are in many ways different from any in Canada. There is the regular work of certifying to consular invoices, also requests from time to time to attend to requisitions for criminals who have escaped to Canada.