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Rh in the several executive departments of the government. They are divided into ten classes, according to subject matter, as follows: (1) Foreign Relations; (2) Indian Affairs; (3) Finance; (4) Commerce and Navigation; (5) Military Affairs; (6) Naval Affairs; (7) Post Office Department; (8) Public Lands; (9) Claims; (10) Miscellaneous.

Another valuable historical work published by the Department of State is the "Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library." In September, 1893, there was inaugurated what promises to be the most important effort to publish the historical archives of the department that has yet been undertaken. This effort results in bulletins published from time to time, as the circumstances permit. Thus far six numbers have been published. These bulletins contain a list of volumes comprising the papers of the Continental Congress; the beginning of a miscellaneous index of those papers; the commencement of the publication of documentary history of the constitution of the United States, with proceedings of the Annapolis convention; a calendar of the correspondence of James Monroe; a list of the volumes of the Washington papers; a continuation of the index of papers of the Continental Congress; proceedings of the Federal Convention; a calendar of the correspondence of James Madison; a list of the volumes of the Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton, Monroe, and Franklin collections; continuation of the index of papers of the Continental Congress; constitution of the United States as framed by the Federal convention, the proceedings of the congress thereon and the ratification thereof by the several states; a calendar of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson.

The Department of State has also published a volume containing all the state constitutions and the colonial charters; another containing the treaties and conventions between the United States and other powers during the years 1776 to 1887; a work, in three volumes, containing Wharton's Digest of International Law. It has also brought out reports on international congresses and conventions relative to marine, monetary and