The exports of Mexican dollars during September, 1904, from San Francisco to Hongkong were 1,158; to Japan 240,000; to Australia, 1,000.

The Consul-General of Nicaragua at San Francisco states that the exports from that port to the Republic of Nicaragua during the month of September, 1904, consisted of the following:

The Consul-General of Venezuela at New York advises that the merchandise exported from the port of New York to the ports of Venezuela during the month of August, 1904, consisted of 52,583 packages, weighing 3,259,616 kilograms, valued at 1,317,741 bolivares, as compared with 45,630 packages, weighing 2,333,986 kilograms, valued at 1,777,253 bolivares, shipped in August, 1903.

The following table shows the extent of this commerce in August, 1903 and 1904:

The Consul-General of Venezuela, at New York, advises that the merchandise exported from that port to the Republic of Venezuela during the month of September, 1904, consisted of 58,494 packages, weighing 2,958,588 kilograms, valued at 1,367,532 bolivares ($263,934), as compared with 36,530 packages, weighing 2,181,659 kilograms, valued at 1,107,998 bolivares ($213,835). These shipments are in detail as follows:

The Mexican Consul at Philadelphia reports that during the month of October, 1904, there was shipped from Philadelphia, consigned to Tampico, Veracruz, and Ciudad Juarez, the following merchandise:

FOREIGN COMMERCE IN SEPTEMBER.

The figures of "Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance," issued by the Bureau of Statistics in the Department of Commerce and Labor, show that notwithstanding the increase of more than 100 per cent in the value of exports of raw cotton in September, as compared with September, 1903, the products of agriculture constituted a slightly smaller percentage of the total exports of domestic merchandise from the United States than during September last year. In September, 1903, the total value of exports of agricultural products was $64,185,433, or 59.31 per cent of the total, against $78,194,486, or 59.09 per cent of the total, for September this year. The reason for this decline in proportion was in part the decline in exports of breadstuffs and in part the larger proportional increase in exports of domestic manufactures, which amounted in September, 1903, to $33,244,848, or 30.73 per cent of the total, against $42,690,501, or 32.26 per cent of the total, in September this year. For the nine months ending September 30, 1903, the total value of exports of agricultural products was $566,282,378, or 58.50 per cent of the total exports, against $502,417,678, or 52.04 per cent of the total, for the corresponding nine months this year. For the nine months ending September 30, 1903, the total value of exports of domestic manufactures was $311,640,626, or 32.20 per cent of the total, against $365,570,242, or 37.87 per cent of the total, for the corresponding nine months of this year. It will be seen from these figures that while the increase in the exports of cotton from $21,207,811 in September, 1903, to $43,747,925 in September, 1904, failed to bring the proportion of agricultural exports this month up to September last year, it brought the proportion for September this year above the average for the nine months.

As has been the case for several months past, the exports of copper ingots and manufactures of copper were the most important factor in increasing the total value of exports in September. The total value of exports of copper, exclusive of ore, in September this year was $6,809,235, an increase of $3,030,257, or more than 80 per cent, over September, 1903. For the nine months the total value of these exports was $53,485,906, an increase of $23,579,065, or more than 70 per cent,

over the value for the corresponding nine months last year. The increase over the corresponding nine months of 1902 was $16,919,732, or 46 per cent.

Exports of iron and steel manufactures show a considerable increase, both for the month and for the nine months. The total exports of iron and steel, exclusive of ore, for September this year were valued at $11,150,815, against $7,293,250 for September, 1903. For the nine months the total value was $92,565,937, against $72,714,360 for the corresponding nine months in 1903 and $73,352,016 for 1902. The increase is distributed through a large number of articles in the iron and steel schedule, but it is noticeable that most of the large increases are in the more crudely manufactured products, and that some of the more highly finished articles, such as machinery of some kinds, show decreases for the nine months.

The improvement in exports of cotton cloths continued in September, the total value for the month having been $2,160,505, against $938,239 for September, 1903. For the nine months the value of exports of colored and uncolored cotton cloths was $15,325,696, against $16,397,831 for the corresponding nine months last year and $21,342,420 for the nine months in 1902. It will thus be seen that, while the improvement in these exports in recent months has brought the total for the nine months nearly up to the figures for the same months last year, the figures for the same period in 1902 were considerably larger.

The following table gives the values of some of the principal exports of domestic manufactures for the nine months ending September 30, 1903, and September 30, 1904:

Turning to the import side, materials in a crude condition which entee into the various processes of domestic industry amounted, in the nine months ending with September, to over $248,000,000, and formed 33.03 per cent of the total imports, as against a total of $245,000,000, forming 32.37 per cent of the total in the corresponding period of last year. The steady growth which manufacturers' raw materials are making in the imports of the country is shown by a comparison of the imports of materials of this class in the nine months ending with September, 1904, with those of the nine months ending with September, 1895. In the nine months' period ending with September, 1895, articles in a crude condition, for use in the domestic industries, showed importations amounting to $160,591,676, and formed 26.72 per cent of the total imports, while in the nine months ending with September, 1904, the importations of this class of articles amounted to $248,155,287, and formed 33.03 per cent of the total imports.

RECOGNITION OF LATIN-AMERICAN CONSULAR OFFICERS.

The International Bureau of the American Republics has been informed by the Department of State of the United States, under date of November 1, 1904, of the recognition of the following LatinAmerican consular officers:

FRANCISCO LEONTE VASQUEZ, Consul-General of the Dominican Republic at New York.

Dr. PLUTARCO ORNELAS, Consul-General of Mexico at San Francisco, California, for San Francisco and its dependencies.

CAYETANO ROMERO, Consul-General of Mexico at New York, for New York and its dependencies.

JULIO W. BAZ, Consul of Mexico at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Philadelphia and its dependencies.

ENRIQUE ORNELAS, Consul of Mexico at San Antonio, Texas, for San Antonio and its dependencies.

ERNESTO SUBIKURSKI, Consul of Mexico at Cincinnati, Ohio, for Cincinnati and its dependencies.

RODMAN C. PELL, Vice-Consul of Panama at San Francisco, California.