Crown Copyright Reserved. DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE. REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SITUATION OF SWEDEN March, 1924. BY MR. H. KERSHAW, O.Β.Ε., Commercial Secretary to His Majesty's Legation, Stockholm. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2; 28, Abingdon Street, London, S. W. 1; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; or through any Bookseller. 1924. Price 1s. 6d. Net. 371 DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE. G 67 1924 COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATION ABROAD. To foster British overseas trade, the Department has developed and controls the following Services of Commercial Intelligence Officers : 1. IN THE EMPIRE. The Trade Commissioner and Imperial Trade Correspondent Services. At the present time there are 13 Trade Commissioners' offices. These are situated, four in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg); two in South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town); two in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney); two in India (Calcutta and Bombay-to cover also Ceylon); and one each in New Zealand (Wellington), British East Africa (Nairobi), and British West Indies (Trinidad). The Trade Commissioners in the Dominions have the assistance of Imperial Trade correspondents at a number of important centres. In various parts of the Empire in which at present there are no commissioners, there are correspondents with whom the Department deals direct. 2. IN FOREIGN CouNTRIES. (a) The Commercial Diplomatic Service attached to the British This service consists of between thirty and forty posts in all, and the officers of the service are stationed in all the more important foreign markets of the world. The members of the Commercial Diplomatic Service are styled "Commercial Counsellors" in the highest grade, and "Commercial Secretaries " in the three lower grades. They are members of the staff of the British Embassy or Legation in which they serve. The Commercial Diplomatic Officer has general supervision over the commercial work of the consular offices in his area, and with the cooperation of these two services a complete network of Government commercial representatives is thrown over foreign countries. The Department is represented in Sweden by Mr. H. Kershaw, O.B.E., Commercial Secretary to His Majesty's Legation, Stockholm. (b) The British Consular Service. This service has been reorganised. Particular attention has been given to the commercial side of consular work. Members of British firms are urged to call upon the Department's representative abroad when they visit an overseas country. It is also important that they should make a point of their representatives abroad keeping in close touch with the Department's officers. A handbook giving fuller details of the overseas organization of the Department can be obtained on application at the Department of Overseas Trade, 35, Old Queen Street, S.W.1. NOTE. It should be understood that the views expressed in annual reports are the views of the officers themselves, and are not necessarily in all respects the views of the Department, 113120 200 |