REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



103 



Number of 

 packages. 



(a) Societies — Continued. 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Total in United States 

 British America 



Total for societies 

 (6) Individuals 



Grand total 



407 



662 



31 



14 



1 



2 



26 



16 



133 



8, 450 

 227 



8,677. 

 2, 323 



Ll.OCO 



111 analyzing the operations of the exchange office in regard to do- 

 mestic transmissions, it will be observed that on an average 400 parcels 

 have been added annually for the past ten years. Daring the past year 

 (1S83) this average was largely exceeded, the increase amounting to 32 

 per cent, of the entire number of packages sent out in 1882, and this 

 was the result of the year entirely, all accumulations having been worked 

 off before the close of 1882. Furthermore, nearly 450 packages remain 

 on band yet, thus swelling the increase considerably above 32 per cent. 



The total number of packages transmitted compares with the pre- 

 ceding seven years, as follows : 



