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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 

 Statement of Government exchanges during the near 1892-98 



Packages- 



Name ni bureau. 



Smithsonian Institution 



Astro-physical Observatory 



Bureau of Ethnology 



Bureau of International Ex- 

 changes 



National Zoological Park 



U.S. Agricultural Department. 



t". s. Army Medical Museum . . 



TJ. S. Botanic Garden 



U.S. Bureau of Education 



r S. Bureau of Navigation 



U. S. Bureau of ( Ordnance, Navy 

 Department 



U. S. Bureau of < (rdnance, War 

 Department 



TJ. S. Bureau of Statistics, 

 Treasury Department 



TJ. S. Census Office 



V . S. Const and Geodetic Survey 



TJ. S. Commissioner of Weights 

 and Measures 



TJ. S. Comptroller of the Cur- 

 rency 



I. S. ( longressional Library. . . . 



TJ. S. Department of Justice 



V . S. Department of Labor 



TJ. S. Engineer Office 



TJ. S Entomolo'gical Commission 



V. S. Fish Commission 



Receh ed 

 for. 



Sent 

 by. 



Packages- 



Xanie of bureau. 



11,136 



7 



1117 



1 



130 



3 



3 



63 



3, G16 U. S. General Land Office 



1 I'. S. ( Geological Survey 



916 U. S. Hydrographic Office 



U. S. Indian Affairs Office 



1". S. Interior Department. 

 I'. S. Interstate Commerce 



19 Commission 



U. S. Light-House Board 



TJ. S. Marine- Hospital Service 



TJ.S.Mint 



TJ. S. National Academy 



U. S. National Board of Health 



TJ. S. National Museum 



I'. S. Nautical Almanac Office. 



1*. S. Naval ( observatory 



U.S. Navy Department 



25 ' U.S. Patent Office 



61 



2 



5,196 



1 



18 

 34 



li T . S. Public Printer 



19 C.S.Senate 



U. S. Signal Service 



U. S. State Department 



IT. S. Surgeon-General's Office 



( Army) 



U. S. Surgeon-General's Office 



(Navy 



U. S. Treasury Department. . . 



U. S. War Department 



7 ! ' U.S. Weather Bureau 



70 246 Total 



101 



IT 



106 



1 



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EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE. 



I beg to call attention to the unsatisfactory state of the exchange relations with 

 several countries, a condition of affairs which can perhaps in some instances be 

 remedied by proper representations through diplomatic channels. The transmission 

 of exchanges to Greece has been entirely suspended, a letter having been received 

 from the librarian of the United National and University Libraries, formerly acting 

 as the medium for distributing publications, requesting that with the exception of 

 their own exchanges no further boxes be forwarded, on account of the expense 

 attending the distribution of the packages. Correspondence has been opened with 

 a view to establishing a new exchange relation, but so far without success. All 

 transmissions to Brazil and Chile were for a time suspended, owing to the unsettled 

 condition of these countries. With Mexico our exchange relations are also extremely 

 unsatisfactory. Correspondents in Nicaragua meet with what would seem to be 

 unreasonable delay in receiving packages addressed to them, and I regret to state 

 that the Government authorities at Calcutta have declined to receive and dispatch 

 packages addressed to other than Government officials. On the other hand, very 

 efficient international exchange bureaus are now under Government auspices in 

 New South Wales and Uruguay. 



Referring to clerical details of the office work, it seems desirable to keep before 



