112 REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



(Inclosure.) — From Lord Granville, March 20, 1883, to Mr. Lowell. 



Sir : With reference to your letter of the 8th October, 18S0, and 

 subsequent correspondence relating to the interchange of official pub- 

 lications proposed by the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, I 

 have now the pleasure to inform you that the lords of Her Majesty's 

 treasury have given directions to forward to the Secretary of that insti- 

 tution a complete set of English publications for the year 1882, viz: 



1. Papers of all kinds printed for or presented to either house of Par- 

 liament. 



2. Historical, scientific, or antiquarian works published by the Gov- 

 ernment, such as record publications. 



3. Maps or charts published by Government. 



4. Departmental publications which are placed on sale ; and to con- 

 tinue to forward to the same address complete setj of English official 

 publications for 1883 and subsequent years, and I have the honor to 

 request that you will inform me as to the manner you would wish these 

 publications to be forwarded. With respect to these publications which 

 are proposed to be sent to Her Majesty's Government by the Smithso- 

 nian Institution in return, directions have been given to Mr. West, Her 

 Majesty's minister at Washington, to make the necessary arrangements 

 for their transmission direct to the British Museum. 



I have, &c, 

 Granville. 



From the Smithsonian Lnstitution, April 19, 1883, to the Hon. F. T. Fre- 

 linghnysen, Secretary of State. 



Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 

 16th April, with one from Minister Lowell, in reference to the exchange 

 of publications through the Smithsonian Institution between the Brit- 

 ish Government and that of the United States, and suggesting that in 

 the absence of any such negotiation through him that possibly the 

 proposition may refer to proposals made by him in behalf of the Depart- 

 ment of State. 



In reply I beg to say that this question of a full and exhaustive ex- 

 change of the official publications of the two Governments has been 

 proposed for many years by the Smithsonian Institution, sometimes 

 through the Department of State to the American minister in England, 

 sometimes through the British minister in this country, and sometimes 

 by direct correspondence of the Smithsonian Institution with the foreign 

 office in London. It has also formed the subject of special conference 

 between the officers of the Smithsonian Institution and the British min- 

 isters here, all of whom seemed to be surprised at the want of notion on 

 the part of their Government. There will, I presume, be no difficulty in 

 obtaining special works for the Department of State. The exchange 

 now proposed by Lord Granville, and respecting which I have direct 

 word from the foreign office, is intended specially for the benefit of the 

 Library of Congress. 



