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REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



icy adopted aud executed during the past few years, never to allow any 

 accumulations which might be worked off, but the difficulties above 

 mentioned made it impossible to obtain this desired end. 



The transmissions for the year compare with those of former years as 

 follows : 



These figures include in all cases the boxes sent under the system of 

 Government document exchange to the various Governments specified 

 in the appended report. The distribution was made as follows : 



Country. 



Government 

 boxes. 



AFRICA. 



Algeria 



Egypt, etc. 



Total 



AMERICA. 



British America 



Mexico 



Central America: 



Costa Eica 



Guatemala 



Nicaragua 



West Indies: 



Bahamas 



Barbadoes 



Cuba 



Guadeloupe 



Hayti and Dominica 



Jamaica 



Porto Rico 



St. Thomas ' 



Trinidad 



Turk's Island 



South America: 



Argentine Confederation . . 



Bolivia 



Brazil 



British Guiana 



Chili 



Dutch Guiana 



Ecuador 



Peru 



Uruguay 



United States of Colombia. 



Venezuela 



Total 



Smithsonian 

 boxes. 



20 



Total. 



10 



14 

 14 



1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



9 



1 



11 



1 



5 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 3 



84 



