REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 27 



that of any previous year since its first adoption. This has arisen from 

 the fact that we have presented to foreign libraries, especially those 

 of Australia and New Zealand, a large number of sets of the publications 

 of the Institution, and also those of the publications of the Government 

 entrusted to the Institution for distribution. 



During the past year 4,S33 packages, each containing several articles, 

 have been received from abroad for distribution to institutions and indi- 

 viduals in this country. 



Three hundred and twenty-three boxes, averaging 7 cubic feet each, 

 with a total weight of S0,000 pounds, were sent abroad by the Institu- 

 tion during the year. The total number of separate parcels contained 

 in these boxes was about 13,000. 



As an evidence of the high estimation in which this branch of the 

 operations of the Institution is regarded, as well as to give proper 

 credit to the parties who have transmitted free of cost the packages of 

 the Institution, we reprint, as usual, the following list of their names: 



Cunard Steamship Company. 

 Anchor Steamship Company. 

 Pacific Mail Steamship Company. 

 Panama Eailroad Company. 

 Pacific Steam Navigation Compa- 



North German Lloyd Steamship 

 Company. 



Hamburg American Packet Com- 

 pany. 



French Transatlantic Company. 



ny. i North Baltic Lloyd Steamship 



New York and Mexico Steamship [ Company. 



Company. Iuman Steamship Company. 



New York and Brazil Steamship 



Company. 



The special thanks of the Institution are again tendered to the above- 

 mentioned companies for their enlightened liberality. 



We may also mention as an evidence of the high appreciation of the 

 character of the Smithsonian exchanges that the packages bearing the 

 marks of the Institution are admitted free of duty and without exam- 

 ination into all foreign ports. 



The following are the principal foreign agencies of reception and dis- 

 tribution of the Smithsonian exchanges : 

 London, William Wesley, 28 Essex street, Strand. 

 Paris, G. Bossange, 1G Rue du 4 Septembre. 

 Leipsic, Dr. Felix Fliigel, 49 Sidonien Strasse. 

 St. Petersburg, L. Watkins & Co., 10 Admiralty Place. 

 Amsterdam, Frederick Muller, Heerengracht KK. No. 130. 

 Milan, U. Hoepli, 591 Galeria Cristoforia. 

 Harlem, Professor von Baumhauer. 

 Christiania, Royal University of Norway. 

 Stockholm, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 

 Copenhagen, Royal Danish Society. 

 Lisbon, Royal Academy of Sciences. 

 Madrid, Royal Academy of Sciences. 



