1. Make a brief written summary of the contents of preceding chapters under the heads of section 371.
2. On an outline map of Europe indicate areas corresponding to the sphere of commerce in different periods, with approximate dates.
3. Suppression of the slave trade. [Schuyler, Amer. diplomacy, N.Y., 1886, chap. 5.]
4. Recent slave trade in Africa. [Biography of a modern missionary or explorer.]
5. The coal trade at the close of the century. [Special Consular Report, No. 21, 1900, part 1, Foreign markets for American coal; U. S. Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, April, 1900, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 2815-2927, or Sept., 1902, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 663-757.]
6. On the wares of 375 and the following sections prepare reports, indicating, where it is possible, the following points: total amount of the world’s product; the leading countries (perhaps six), the share of each, and their relative advantages; the chief importing countries; peculiar characteristics of the trade. [Commercial geographies, encyclopedias.]
7. Report on one of the following topics:
(a) Development of the uses of petroleum.
(b) History of the production and transportation of petroleum.
(c) The Standard Oil Company.