lected, take possession of
their offices, and are presented at foreign courts, are described in
Curtis, The United States and Foreign Powers, 15-21.

9. The duties of ministers. Curtis, The United States and Foreign
Powers, 22-26.

10. Are our ambassadors given adequate salaries? Curtis, The United
States and Foreign Powers, 13, 14.

11. From a consular report learn what the duties of a consul are?
Curtis, The United States and Foreign Powers, 30-33.

12. For an account of our consular service, a comparison with that of
other nations, and a consideration of some of the weaknesses in our
system, see Curtis, The United States and Foreign Powers, 28-30.

13. A business man and the consular service. Century Mag., 60: 268-271.

14. Abuses in our consular system arising through appointment. Atl Mo.,
85:455-466, and 669-683.

15. A plea for consular inspection. Forum, 30:28-34.

16. What is the great seal of the United States, and what is its use?
Harrison, This Country of Ours, 199-200.

17. What is the particular work of the Marine Department? of the
Steamboat Inspection Service? of the Marine Hospital? Lyman J. Gage,
Organization of the Treasury Department, Cosmopolitan, 25:355-365.

18. What is the work of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing? Spofford,
The Government as a Great Publisher, Forum, 19:338-349.

19. What is the extent of our merchant marine? Should it be increased?
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1900, 437-450.

20. From the appendix to the last Finance Report get the chief points
connected with the work of the following officials: Treasurer, Chief of
the Secret Service Division. A good description of the Treasury
Department is given in Scribner's Mag., 33:400-411.

21. From the last report of the Bureau of Statistics find answers for
the following: The expenditures of the government in the different
departments; value of merchandise imported and exported; amounts of
corn, wheat, cotton, wool, and iron produced, imported, and exported;
the chief nationalities of immigrants, and comparison of the total
number with previous years.

22. Are our coasts well defended? Harrison, This Country of Ours, 225.

23. Describe the work of the President, Secretary of War, Secretary of
the Navy, and of the other Cabinet officers at the outbreak of war.
Cosmop., 25:255-264.

24. For illustrated articles on education at West Point and Annapolis,
see Outlook, 59:825-837, 839-849.

25. Comparison