APPENDIX 5. 



REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the oper- 

 ations of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1921 : 



The estimate submitted for the support of the service during 1921, 

 including the allotment for printing and binding, was $50,200, and 

 this amount was granted by Congress. The repayments from de- 

 partmental and various other establishments aggregated $4,779.47, 

 making the total resources available for carrying on the system of 

 exchanges during the year $54,979.47. 



The work of the exchange service during the past year has been 

 Aery heavy, due, principally, to the reopening of relations with Ger- 

 many. One hundred and eighty-eight boxes were received from 

 German}^ and G91 boxes were forwarded to that country. These con- 

 signments weighed a total of 186,037 pounds, or about 31 per cent 

 of the weight of all the packages handled by the exchange service 

 during the year. 



The total number of packages passing through the service during 

 the year w r as 451,471 — an increase over the number for the preceding 

 year of 82,099. The weight of these packages was 605,312 pounds — 

 a gain of 108,934. For statistical purposes the packages handled by 

 the exchange service are divided into several classes. 



The number and weight of the packages of different classes are in- 

 dicated in the following table : 



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