TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

General remarks on the nature and duties of the consular office.......

CHAPTER II.

Exterritorial and other privileges of consuls........

CHAPTER III..

Judicial authority of the Commissioner or Minister, and of Consuls of the

United States in China, Turkey, and Japan.......

CHAPTER IV.

Duties of United States consular officers in China........

CHAPTER V.

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Duties of the United States consular officers in Persia and Siam; also in

countries and islands not inhabited by any civilized people.........

CHAPTER VIII.

Duties of United States consular officers touching the solemnization of the rite

of marriage..

CHAPTER IX.

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87

Duties of a consular officer after receiving notice of his appointment................. 108

Consuls General.......

CHAPTER X.

111

Formalities to be observed by a Consul General or Consul after arrival at his

post..........

CHAPTER XVIII.

Instructions respecting the correspondence of a consular officer with the Depart-

ment of State.........

126

131

135

Official intercourse of United States consular officers with officers of the navy.. 194

CHAPTER XXIV.

Duties of consular officers in respect to citizens of the United States.........

CHAPTER XXV.

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The reciprocal duties of consular officers and masters of American vessels...... 203

CHAPTER XXVI.

Duties of consular officers in relation to seamen of the United States............

220

CHAPTER XXVII.

Duties of consular officers in relation to wrecks........

CHAPTER XXVIII.

235

Duties of consular officers in relation to the estates of intestates..........................

239

CHAPTER XXIX.

Duties of consular officers in respect to the passenger act.......

251

CHAPTER XXX.

Duties of Consuls General and Consuls in relation to the granting of passports

and certificates ....

CHAPTER XXXI.

Attendance of consular officers as witnesses in court.........

CHAPTER XXXII.

Consular reports and returns..........

CHAPTER XXXIII.

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Duties of consular officers in respect to American owners of foreign-built

vessels.......

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Acts of Congress, and extracts therefrom, relating to United States consular officers..

Titles of Acts of Congress relating to consuls...........

Digest of Opinions of Attorneys General in regard to consuls.............

Note relating to consulates recently established.........................

List of Consular Offices, with the compensation of each

Consular Forms...

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CONSULAR REGULATIONS.

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