REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF EXCHANGES. 



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The decrease as compared with 1881 in the parcels sent under do- 

 mestic exchanges is due to the fact that the statistics of that year in- 

 clude a large number of parcels left over from 1880. At the close of 

 the year 1881, however, all accumulations had been worked off, and not 

 one package remained on hand, so that the figures in the present re- 

 port represent the actual receipts and transmissions for this year only. ^ 

 The receipt of packages for 1881 was 7,890, and for the present year 

 8,359, thus showing an actual increase of 4G0 parcels, that is, a little 

 above the average increase (400 per year) for the past ten years. 



The total number of packages transmitted compares with former 

 years as follows : 



Recapitulation. 



Total addresses of institutions. 

 Total addresses of individuals. 



548 

 399 



Total number of addresses 947 



Total number of parcels to institutions 7, 192 



Total number of parcels to individuals 1, 167 



Total number of parcels 8, 359 



The history and condition of domestic exchanges, from their com- 

 mencement to the present time, are exhibited in the following table: 



