Appendix III. 



REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF EXOHANGFS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 



JUNE 30, 1893. 



Sir: I have the honor to present the following brief report, chiefly statistical, of 

 the operations of the Biirean of International Exchanges for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1893 : 



TABULAR STATKMENT OF THE WORK OK THE BUREAU. 



The work of the bureau for the year is succinctly given in the annexed table, pre- 

 pared in a form adopted in preceding reports : 

 Transactions of the Bureau of International Exchanges during the fiscal year 1892-93. 



* Decrease. 

 For comparison with previous years I add a tabular statement from 1886 to 1893, 

 inclusive, by which the growth of the service is made apparent: 



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