REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 87 



from Mr. George S. Godard, Connecticut State librarian. A part of 

 that letter is given below : 



Every time I make a call at your tlepartment I am the more impressed with 

 the most important service you and those associated with you in the Inter- 

 national Exchange Service are rendering to the several States, institutions, and 

 others scattered throughout the civilized earth. 



As a representative of the State of Connecticut in char.ue of the State, na- 

 tional, and intern&tioual exchanges of Connecticut, I wish to again express my 

 thanks for the services you have rendered the good State of Connecticut both 

 in forwarding to others and sending to us. 



Another correspondent, the Minister of Guatemala, states that : 



It is my privilege to express to the Institution the sincere thanks of the Gov- 

 ernment of Guatemala for the interest manifested by the useful and abundant 

 material furnished. 



As an example of aid rendered by the International Exchange Serv- 

 ice in securing publications on some particular subject, a request was 

 received from a correspondent in London for information as to what 

 America has done toward the important subject of enacting laws to 

 provide for compulsory automobile liability insurance, and the In- 

 stitution succeeded in procuring quite a number of publications on 

 the subject. In acknowledging their receipt, the correspondent wrote 

 in part as follows : 



I have not up to the present time had the opportunity of reading more than 

 a few of the publications sent to nie, but I should like to tender you my very 

 sincere thanks for sending me all the reports desired and in addition many 

 other highly interesting articles. I assure you I appreciate your action very 

 much indeed. 



There were shipped abroad during the year 2,872 boxes, being an 

 increase of 264 over the number for the preceding year. Of the total 

 number of boxes sent abroad 643 contained full sets of United States 

 official doctnnents for foreign depositories and 2,229 included depart- 

 mental and other publications for the depositories of partial sets and 

 for miscellaneous correspondents. 



Occasionally, as explained in previous reports, it is found more 

 economical to forward packages direct to their destinations by mail 

 than to transmit them in boxes by freight. In addition, quite a num- 

 ber of packages are sent by mail to remote places which can not be 

 reached through the existing agencies. During the year the number 

 of packages thus forwarded was 47,851. 



