REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



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equal to that of free freights by the ocean steamers, is a matter of 

 very great importance, and is deserving of special acknowledgment. 

 Messrs. Murray, Ferris & Co., of G:i South street, New York, have 



granted free freight to the Bahamas. 



Statistics of exchanges sent (luring the last ten years. 



Number of boxes. . 

 Bulk in cubic feet 

 Weight 



121 



1, 180 



31,383 



28, 950 



170 



934 



26,850 



196 

 1,476 



44, 2.;0 



1874. 



131 

 933 



27, 990 



208 

 1, 503 



45, 300 



323 

 2, 261 



80, 750 



397 



2, 779 

 99, 250 



309 

 2, 100 

 69,220 



311 



2,177 

 CO, 975 



The following table exhibits the number of foreign establishments 

 with which the Institution is at present in correspondence, or, in other 

 words, to which it sends publications and from which it receives others 

 in return: 



Foreign institutions in correspondence with the Smithsonian Institution. 



Algeria 6 



Argentine Republic 17 



Australia and Tasmania 44 



Austria-Hungary 103 



Belgium 112 



Bolivia 1 



Brazil 11 



British America 20 



British Guiana 3 



Cape Colonies aud St. Helena 7 



Central America 2 



Chili S 



China 6 



Colombia 3 



Denmark 29 



Dutch Guiana 1 



Ecuador 1 



Egypt 8 



Fiance 358 



Germany 541 



Greal Britain and Ireland 401 



Greece 10 



Holland 74 



Iceland 4 



India 



Italy 



Japan 



Java 



Liberia 



Mauritius 



Mexico 



New Zealand 



Norway 



Paraguay 



Peru 



Philippine Islands. 



Portugal 



Russia 



Sandwich Islands.. 



Spain 



Sweden 



Switzerland 



Turkey 



Uruguay 



Venezuela 



West Indies 



34 



198 



5 



5 



1 



4 



18 



16 



25 



1 



4 



3 



35 



163 



2 



25 



22 



76 



13 



5 



2 



12 



International societies. 



Total 2,481 



Exchange of Government documents. — It will be remembered that some 

 years ago Congress directed that fifty sets of all government publica- 

 tions, whether printed by order of Congress or of the departments, 

 should be placed at the command ox the Joint Library Committee for 

 the purpose of exchange for corresponding publications of other nations. 

 This work was intrusted to the Smithsonian Institution, by which it 

 was carried on for a number of years. 



An appropriation of one thousand dollars is made by Congress for 



'purposes connected with this exchange, of which a portion is paid for 



freight and expenses on boxes of books received by the library through 



the Institution. The returns received are increasing rapidly in value, 



