REPORT OF THE SECRETx^RY, 



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u institutions in eacli country 

 in correspondence: 



Turkey 



Africa 



Asia 



Australia 



Xew Zealand 



Polynesia . , 



South America 



West Indies 



Mexico 



Central America 



Britisli America 



General 



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11 

 18 

 3G 

 20 

 11 

 1 



oo 

 OO 



11 



8 



1 



27 



5 



Total 1,937 



table exhibits the number of foreift- 

 which the Smithsonian is at present 



Sweden 10 



Norway 22 



Iceland 2 



Denmark 20 



Eussia Iij4: 



Holland 05 



Germany 573 



Switzerland 03 



Belgium 120 



France 100 



Italy 119 



Portugal 20 



Spain 11 



Great Britain and Ireland . . 323 



Greece , 



During the year, 1,778 packages, containing many thousand different 

 articles, were transmitted to foreign countries. These packages filled 

 108 large boxes, having a cubical content of 772 feet and weighing 

 29,050 pounds. The parcels received at the Institution for parties in 

 this country, in addition to those for the Smithsonian library, numbered 

 3,052. 



As in previous years, the Institution has received important aid from 

 various steamer and railroad lines in the way of free freights, without 

 which the expense of carrying on the system would be far beyond the 

 means at our command. Acknowledgment is again due for the liber- 

 ality of the following companies : Pacific Mail Steamship, Panama Eail- 

 road, Pacific Steam Navigation, New York and Mexican Steamship, 

 New York and Brazilian Line, North German Lloyds, Hamburg Ameri- 

 can Packet, French Transatlantic, Inman Line, Cunard Line, Anchor 

 Line, Union Pacific Eailroad. The Adams Express Company also 

 continues its liberal policy in regard to freight for the Institution. 



The advantages which result from the international scientific ex- 

 changes have become so apparent that establishments similar in this 

 respect to the Smithsonian are beginning to be formed in different parts 

 of Europe. A central scientific bureau for the Netherlands has been 

 established in Amsterdam, the object of which is to receive and trans- 

 mit packages for different parts of the world, and in this country to 

 co-operate with the Smithsonian Institution. 



The international exchange is not confined alone to the transactions 

 and proceedings of societies, but also includes scientific works of indi- 

 viduals. We frequently receive from persons abroad who can afford 

 the cost, coj^ies of works to be gratuitously distributed among insti- 

 tutions and libraries in this country, and also scientific works from 



