GRETNA...…. p. 461. Returned American goods and
emigrants’ effects...
48. — ATHENS..…. p. 470. Viséing passports (and during the absence of the United States Minister), the issuing of passports) ;…
49, — QUEZALTENANGO..…... p. 480. Official duties are mostly notarial and the protection of Americans.
50. — Borocna..... p. 499. And letters from artists or students of America inquirimg about University, Library, and works of art,
51. — Tamsur..…. p. 526. Frequent questions with the authorities and labor disputes, sometimes of a serious nature, arise in connection with the American tea firms and their many hundreds of employees, and in the settlement of these difficulties the assistance of this office is frequentfy called upon... This office has had the wrecks of three American vessels to dispose of since 1898.
52. — GUADALAJARA..... p. 552. They (letters) come from invalids seeking to know the benefits of a warmer climate,
53. — MoNTEREY..……. p. 557. This being an inland office, there are no bills of health proper, nor is there anything to do with vessels, but when a quarantine exists, as was the case some lime ago on the border ports of Texas, the number of cerlificates given daily (Sunday included) to travellers, to the effect that they had not been in an affected district, was about forty…
54, — Tampico..……. p. 563. Next Lo the correspondence, the sanitary examination of vessels leaving here for the United States and Cuban ports is the heaviest work...
55. — VERA Cruz... p. 568. Sanitary reports of the Bureau of the Marine Hospital Service (weekly) 52:..
56 .— RoTTERDAM..... p. 86. Disinfection of merchandise and correspondence.…..
57. — Manacua..… p. 591. Owing to its being at the capital of the country, and there being no diplomatie officer of the United States stationed here, assumes more the character of a diplomatie than a commercial agency, and does an rmmense amount of unofficial intervention for the
protection of American citizens and property all over the country, even from Bluefields and the Atlantic coast, both in another district. Every one desiring a prompt and unofficial settlement of his claims without appealing to diplo-
matic intervention, applies at this consulate for such aid.
58. — TuMBEz..….. p. 606. Protection of American property in case of revolution...
59 — PRETORIA..., p. 636. À complete record of the duties performed for the year is impossible. During the period from January 17 to June 30 1901, 268 letters were received and 159 written besides the despatches sent to the department.
The letters sent are divided as follows :
Release of prisoners from gaol........ 17 Trade reports to firms in U. $. A..... 38 ROBIEN Ne N Sie SERRE 57 Collections and remittances............ 2e Return of American cilizens to their Romies “in: IIS COUNTY ne ser seu 4 LS aies DANS ee... Me PRE Ne 24
Claims of American citizens for goods
Commanderede 20 MORALE SERRES 18
Licenses of citizens taken away by mili-
LÉMAMIDOMABS ses. este: à Passes for citizens for free transportation PONT TE CON CRE OR POS EE 3 60. — BARCELONA...… p. 642. Three commissions to take
testimony have been executed. À number of powers of attorney and other legal instruments have been drawn up
upon request .
61. — BERGEN.…, p. 661. À great many translations are done and many letters written for people of small means, for which no compensation is received.
62. — Zuricu..…. p. 681. Giving numerous miscellaneous informalion as to schools, whereabouts of relatives on both sides of the ocean, ele.
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Extracts from « Report from the select Committee on British consular establishments together with the minutes of evidence and appendix ». Parliamentary Papers : Session 1835, vol. VI.
P. II Beponr.
L — That Your Committee are of opinion that the relaxalion made in 1832 of the system pursued since 1825, of preventing Consuls from engaging in trade, was beneficial, They are of opinion that many cases may exist in which it is expedient that the functions of Consuls should not be mixed up with commercial transactions in the place where the Consuls reside ; but that in many others there seems no objection whatever to Consuls trading, if in consequence the services of à belter class of persons can be obtained at a more moderate charge to the public : Your committee therefore recommend that no fixed rule upon the subject be laid down, but that the Secretary of State should exercice, as heretofore, his discretion in prohibiting trading to Consuls in certain places, and authorizing it in others.
(4) Questions 2nd answers selected from the minutes and evidence,
P. IV Reporr.
2. — That your committee having examined the advantages Lo be derived from transferring the consular depart ment to the board of Trade, are convinced that such transfer would be inconsistent with the interests of the Public service, it being in their opinion impossible to separate those functions of the Consuls, which must necessarily refer to the Foreign-Office, from their commercial duties, which may be connected more directly with the Board of Trade.
