o participate in public exercises,
264, 269, 285, 406.

Expansion, Territorial, foreign policy discussed by President
McKinley, 19, 31.

Expenditures, Public.--For the year ending June 30, 1899,
they had increased to $605,072,180.
Congress warned about, 9.

Experiment Stations:
Discussed, 46.

Exports.--In 1901 the value of exports in the United States was
$1,460,462,806 exclusive of gold and silver.

Extraordinary Session of Congress, proclamation convening, 167.

F.

Falkland Islands.--Population (1901), 2,043.

Faure, President, death of, referred to, 64.

Fiji or Feejee Islands.--Population (1901), 117,810.

Finances, discussed by President--
McKinley, 7, 13. 15, 135, 162.
Roosevelt, 319.

Five Civilized Tribes, discussed, 33.

Florida.--Population (1900), 528,542.

Foreign Coins.--Value of Alphonsino and Louis fixed by order, 290.

Foreign Import Duties, modifications of tariff laws discussed, 10.

Foreign Policy of the United States, discussed, 12, 19, 51.

Forestry System, inauguration of, discussed, 87.

France.--Population (1901), 38,641,333, and of her colonial
possessions about 51,000,000.
Faure, President, death of, referred to by President McKinley, 64.
Wines, duty on, imported into United States modified by reciprocal
trade relations, proclamation concerning, 172.

Free-Delivery System extended to rural districts, 148.

French Exhibits and Relations at the World's Fair, Chicago, in
1893, a reason for the United States participating largely at Paris, 39.

Fugitive Criminals, convention regarding, with Peru, 131.

Fuller, Melville W., member of Board of Arbitration, 129.

G.

Geographic Names, Board on, report of, 159.

Georgia.--Population (1900), 2,216,331.

Germany.--Population (1900), 36,345,014.
Dispute with Spain regarding Caroline Islands, 67.
Importation of American products into, discussed, 126.

Government Employees, order permitting to participate in public
exercises, 264, 269, 285.

Great Britain.--Population (1901), 41,605,323;
area of the British Empire, including colonies, protectorates, etc.,
10,161,483 sq. miles, and the population in 1901 400,000,000.
Boundary dispute of, with Venezuela regarding British Guiana, 77.
Commerce of the United States, restrictions placed upon by, during
South African war, 126.

Great Britain--Continued.
Commercial reciprocal convention concluded with, on behalf o