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CONTENTS.
DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
To the consular officers of the United States:
Washington, March 5, 1891.
GENTLEMEN: You are instructed to report upon the stave trade in your re-
spective districts, so as to cover the following outline: (1) Give an approximate
estimate of the number and value of staves used; (2) the kind of staves in great-
est demand; (3) the source of supply and the cost to the consumer of the vari-
ous kinds; (4) describe the condition in which staves should be delivered, in
order to command the best price and to give the most satisfaction; (5) give the
correct dimensions of the staves in use; (6) state the kind of timber most desir-
able for the particular kind of stave desired; (7) the conditions of supply and
demand; (8) whether any American staves are sold at present in your district;
(9) any general information obtainable which is not called for in the eight inter-
rogatories above.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM F. WHARTON,
Assistant Secretary.
Turkey, Consul-General Sweeney, of Constantinople .......
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United Kingdom:
Belfast, Consul Ruby
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