86 REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF EXCHANGES. 



3. For Government transmission. 



Whence received. 



1882. 



From EnglaBd, for Library of 

 Congress 



From Germany, for Library of 

 Congress 



From France, for Library of Con- 

 gress - 



From Pnblic Printer, 631 parcels 

 of official documents, each con- 

 taining 50 copies 



Total. 



No. of 

 boxes. 



18 



Pack- 

 ages. 



16 

 1 

 1 



31, 550 



31, 568 



Weight 



2,420 

 130 



200 



26, 000 



28, 750 



1831. 



No. of 

 boxes. 



Pack- 

 ages. 



15, 550 



15, 550 



Weight. 



In the report for 1881 special attention was called to the large in- 

 crease in the reception of exchange parcels, which in that year reached 

 22,051,exclusive of 15,550 copies of Government documents for distribu- 

 tion by the Smithsonian Institution to foreign Governments. This 

 number, although very large in comparison with previous years, has 

 been exceeded during the present year (1882) by about twenty per cent. ; 

 the number amounting to 26,479, exclusive of 31,568 copies of Govern- 

 ment publications. They were received from the following sources: 



1. For foreign transmission : 



(a.) From Government Departments 

 (6.) From Smithsonian Institution .. 



(c.) From scientific societies 



(d.) From individuals 



Total 



2. For domestic transmission 



Total 



3. For Government exchanges 



Total 



Pack- 



6,470 



7, 056 



5,119 



647 



19, 292 



7,187 



26, 479 

 31, 568 



58, 047 



Pounds. 



60, 118 



13, 447 



8,101 



2,054 



83, 720 

 30, 904 



114, 624 



28, 750 



143, 374 



TRANSMISSIONS. 



1. Foreign transmissions. 



The year 1882 began and ended without any accumulation of ex- 

 changes in this office, and all the transmissions made during the same 

 represent the actual receipts. 



The total number of boxes sent during the year is 422, which is an 

 excess of 15 boxes over the year 1881, and is the highest on record. Of 

 these 422 boxes, 298 contain books, and 2 boxes specimens sent by 



