22 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY." 



Numher of ForeUjn Corresponding Institutions. 



Belgium 110 



France 274 



Italy 169 



Portugal 20 



Spain 12 



Great Britain and Ireland 357 



South America 40 



West Indies 7 



Mexico 10 



Central America 1 



British America 27 



General 5 



Total 2,146 



Sweden 20 



Norway 24 



Iceland 2 



Denmark 27 



Russia 160 



Holland 65 



Germany 622 



Greece 7 



Turkey 11 



Africa 23 



Asia i..- 42 



Australia 27 



New Zealand 13 



Polynesia 2 



Switzerland 69 



The table in itself is interesting as indicating the relative attention 

 given to literature and science at the present day in the diii'erent coun- 

 tries of the world. 



During the past year 4,326 packages, each containing several articles, 

 have been received from abroad for distribution to institutions and 

 individuals in this country. 



One hundred and forty-one boxes, averaging 7 cubic feet each, with a 

 total weight of 29,000 pounds, were sent abroad by the Institution dur- 

 ing the year, viz : To Germany, 40 ; England, 30 ; Sweden, 5 ; ]!Norway, 

 3; Denmark and Iceland, 4; France, 11; Russia, 7; Holland, 5; Bel- 

 gium, 5; Australia, 11 ; Italy, 3; Cuba, 2; Brazil, 3; Liberia, 1 ; Egypt, 

 i ; Canada, 10. 



The total nuqiber of separate parcels contained in these boxes was 

 about 10,000. 



To facilitate the business of the exchanges, the following rules have 

 been adopted : 



1. Every package, without exception, must be enveloped in strong 

 paper, and secured so as to bear separate transportation by express or 

 otherwise. 



2. The address of the institution or individual, for whom the package 

 is intended, must be written legibly on the cover, and the name of the 

 sender on one corner of the same. 



3. No single package must exceed the half of a cubic foot in bulk. 



4. A detailed list of addresses of all the parcels sent, with their con- 

 tents, must accompany them. 



5. No letter or other communication can be allowed in the parcel, 

 excepting such as relates exclusively to the contents of the package. 



6. All packages must be delivered in Washington free of freight and 

 other expenses. 



7. Every parcel should contain a blank acknowledgment, to be signed 

 and returned, either through the agent of the Institution, or, what is 

 still better, through the mail, to the sender. Should exchanges be de- 

 sired for what is sent, the fact should be explicitly stated on the list of 

 the contents of the package. Much disappointment is frequently ex- 

 pressed at the absence of any return in kind for transmissions ; bat un- 



