48 



REPOKT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Statcmvnt of (Sovernment exchanges durituj the year 1S9J-9.J. 



Name of liuicau. 



Smithsonian Institution 



Astro-physical Observatory 



Bureau of Ethnology 



Bureau of International Ex- 

 changes 



National Zoological Park 



U. S. Agricultural Department. 



U. S. Army Medical Museum . . 



TJ. S. Botanic Garden 



U. S. Bureau of Education 



IT. S. Bureau of Navigation 



U. S. Bureau of Ordnance, Navy 

 Department 



U. S. Bureau of Ordnance, AVar 

 Department 



U. S. Bureau of Statistics, 

 Treasury Department 



U. S. Census Oiiice 



U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 



U. S. Commissioner of Weights 

 and Measures 



U. S. Comptroller of the Cur- 

 rency 



U. S. Congressional Library . . . . 



U. S. Department of Justice 



U. S. Department of Labor 



U. S. Engineer Office 



U.S. Entomological Commission 



TJ. S. Fish Commission 



Name of bureau. 



IT. S. General Land Office 



U. S. Geological Survey , 



U. S. Hydrographic Office 



U. S. Indian Afl'airs Office 



U. S. Interior Department 



U. S. Interstate Commerce 



Commission 



U. S. Light-House Board 



U. S. Marine- Hoispital Service 



U.S. Mint 



U. S. National Academy 



U. S. National Board of Health 



IT. S. National Museum 



U. S. Nautical Almanac Office 



U. S. Naval Observatory 



U. S. Navj' Department 



IT. S. Patent Office 



U. S. Public Printer 



U.S. Senate 



U. S. Signal Service 



U. S. State Department 



U. S. Surgeon-General's Office 



(Army) 



U. S. Surgeon-General's Office 



(Navy; 



U. S. Treasury Department. . 



U. S. "War Department 



U. S. "Weather Bureau 



Total 



Packages- 



Received Sent 

 for. by. 



4 



406 



74 



3 



G 



1 



04 



1 



101 



17 



1U6 



1 



949 



989 



6,103 



141 



1,200 



573 

 31, 850 



KKFICIENCY oK TIIK SKKVICK. 



I beg to call attention to the unsatisfactory state of the exchange rehitions with 

 several countries, a condition of affairs which can perhaps in some instances be 

 remedied by proper representations through diplomatic channels. The transmission 

 of exchanges to Greece has been entirely suspended, a letter having been received 

 from the librarian of the United National and University Libraries, formerly acting 

 as the medium for distributing publications, requesting that with the exception of 

 their own exchanges no further boxes be forwarded, on account of the expense 

 attending the distribution of the packages. Correspondence has been opened with 

 a view to establishing a new exchange relation, but so far without success. All 

 transmissions to Brazil and Chile were for a time suspended, owing to the unsettled 

 condition of these countries. With Mexico our exchange relations are also extremely 

 unsatisfactory. Correspondents in Nicaragua meet with what would seem to be 

 unreasonable delay in receiving packages addressed to them, and I regret to state 

 that the Government authorities at Calcutta have declined to receive and dispatch 

 packages addressed to other than Government officials. On the other hand, very 

 efficient international exchange bureaus are now nnder Government auspices in 

 New South Wales and Uruguay. 



Referring to clerical details of the office work, it seems desirable to keep before 



