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REPORT of Committee :
Miuute of Appointment - - - - - 3
Changes in Membership of Committee 3
Functions of Committee - - - - - 4
Meetings of Committee and of Sub-Committees - - - - 4
Advertisement of Intelligence Branch at Home and in the Colonies - 4
Colonial Representation on the Committee ----- -5
Officers designated by Colonial Governments to answer Inquiries - - - 5
Business of the Intelligence Branch ’ - - - - - 5
“ Grant in Aid ” to the Committee ------- 7
Application of Funds - - - - - - - 8
Board of Trade Mission to South Africa ------ 8
Appointment of Trade Correspondents in South Africa - - 8
Commercial Missions to Siberia and Persia ------ 9
New German Customs Tariff - - - - - - 10
New Russian and proposed new Austro-Hungarian Tariffs - - . - 11
Grant to Society of Comparative Legislation - - - 11
Conclusion - - - - - - - - - -11
Appendices :
A.—Copy of Notice sent to Mayors of Boroughs, Chambers of Commerce, &c., &c.
respecting the establishment of the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the
Board of Trade - - - . - - 13
B—Copy of Circular sent by the Colonial Office to the various Colonial Governments
on the same subject - - - - - - - 14
C. —List of British Commercial Attaches and Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries,
and of the Correspondents of the Commercial Intelligence Branch in the Colonies 16
D. —Copy of Report by the Committee to the Board of Trade respecting the German
Tariff - - - - - - -18
E.—Copy of Report by the Committee to the Board of Trade respecting the new
Russian and proposed new Austro Hungarian Customs Tariffs - - 37
