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EXC'HANCiE OK GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. 



The following table rejureseT^its the exchange transmissions for the several Depart- 

 ments and Bureaus of the Oovermrtent during the year, showing a total of 16,285 

 packages received from abroad, and 74,863 packages sent to otlier countries, being 

 an increase over the i)revious year of 29.5 per cent and 1.2 per cent, respectively. 



Although still so far less than this Government's contributions, the receipts from 

 abroad during the year show a substantial increase and it is believed mark the 

 beginning of new activity on the part of other governments in reciprocating for 

 the donations which have been made for so many years through the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



Statement of Government exchanges during the year 1908-4. 



Name of Bureau. 



American Historical Associa 

 tion 



Astropliysical Observatory . 



Auditor for the State and otlier 

 Departments 



Board on Geographic Names. 



Bureau of American Ethnol- 

 ogy 



Bureau of American Repub- 

 lics 



Bureau of the Census 



Bureau of Education 



Bureau of Fisheries 



Bureau of Foreign Commerce. 



Bureau of Immigration 



Bureau of Insular Affairs 



Bureau of Labor 



Bureau of Medicine and Sur- 

 gery 



Bureau of the Mint 



Bureau of Navigation, Navy 

 Department 



Bureau of Navigation, De- 

 partment of Commerce and 

 Labor 



Bureau of Public Health and 

 Marine-Hospital Service ... 



Bureau of Statistics, Depart- 

 ment of Commerce and 

 Labor 



Civil Service Commission 



Coast and Geodetic Survey... 



Commissioner of Internal 

 Revenue 



Commissioners of the District 

 of Columbia 



Comptroller of the Currency . 



Department of Agriculture. . . 



Departmentof Commerce and 

 Labor 



Department of the Interior. . . 



Packages. 



Received Sent 

 for — by — 



73 

 03 

 119 

 95 



145 



11 



203 



35 

 516 



1,300 



863 

 1 



604 

 1 

 1 



38 

 1,437 



14,477 



6 



466 



10 



ISO 



3, 550 



Name of Bureau. 



Department of Ju.stice 



Department of State 



Engineer School of Applica- 

 tion 



Entomological Commission . . 



General Land Office 



Geological Survey 



Health Department of the 

 District of Columbia 



House of Representatives 



Hydrographic Office 



Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission 



Li brary of C^ongress 



Life-Saving Service 



Light-House Board 



National .Vcademy of Sciences 



National IJotanic Garden 



National Bureau of Standards 



National Museum 



National Zoological Park 



Nautical Almanac Office 



Naval Observatory 



Navy Department 



Office of the Chief of Engi- 

 neers 



Office of Indian Affairs 



Ordnance Office, War Depart- 

 ment 



Patent Office 



Presidentof the United States 



Record and Pension Office . . . 



Senate of the United States . . 



Smithsonian Institution 



Superintendent of Documents 



Surgeon-General's Office 



Treasury Department 



War Department 



Weather Bureau 



Packages. 



Received 

 for— 



Total . 



2 



4 



665 



1 



1 



99 



25 



8, 70S 



1 



4 



93 



1 



3 



352 



4 



27 



152 



17 



36 

 4 



3 



334 



1 



3, 509 

 100 

 105 

 12 

 50 

 156 



10,234 



Sent 

 by- 



276 



29, 545 



40 



123 



9S 

 521 



S, 202 



18 



302 



1,414 



74, 803 



