KEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 

 Exhibit A. 



Ill 



Transactiuns of the cxchaiujc office of the SmUhsoiiian InstUutioii durlmj the fscal year 



1887-'88. 



Exhibit B. 



CONVENTION CONCEKNINU THE INTKKNATK >NAL KXCIIANOKS KOK OFFICIAL DOCU- 

 MKNTS AND SCIENTIFIC AND LITERAKY PUBLICATIONS. 



[Translation from tbeFreucli.] 



Tbo Presidcut of the United States of America, His Majesty the Kin;; of the Bel- 

 gians, His M;ijesty the Emperor of Brazil, Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, 

 His Majesty tiie King of Italy, His Majesty the King of Portugal and of tlie Algarves, 

 His Majesty the King of Servia, the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation, de- 

 siring to establish, on the basis adopted by the conf(^rence which met at Brussels from 

 the 10th to the 14th April, 1883, a system of international exchanges of the official 

 documents and of the scientific and literary publications of their respective States, 

 have appointed for their ))lenipotentiaries, to wit : 



The President of the United States of America, Mr. Lambert Tree, minister resident 

 of the United States of America at Brussels, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, 

 the Prince de Caraman, his minister of foreign affairs and the Chevalier de Moreau, 

 his minister of agriculture, industry, and public works, 



His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, the Count de Villeneuve, his envoy extraordi- 

 nary and minister plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, 



Her Miijesty the Queen Regent of Spain, Mr. do Tavira, charg6 d'affaires ad in- 

 terim of Spain at Brussels, 



His Majesty, the King of Italy, the Marquis Mallei, his envoy extraordinary and 

 miuister plenipoteiitia.ry near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, 



