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In further reference to this interchange, it has been arranged that 

 Mr. William Wesley, agent of the Smithsonian Institution in London, 

 is to apply, at stated intervals, for the publications of the British Gov- 

 ernment, and to forward them in cases, which he sends semi monthly or 

 more frequently to Washington. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

 Spencer h\ Baird. 



From the Department of State, April 23, 1883, to the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 

 Sir: Acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, 

 I have to inform you in reply that I have communicated a copy of it to 

 Mr. Lowell, our minister at Loudon, with instructions to inform the 

 foreign office of the desire of the Government to have the Smithsonian 

 Institution officially recognized as the channel through which exchanges 

 of documents between the two countries are in future to be effected. 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 

 Fred'k. T. Frelinghuysen. 



From the Department of State, May 9, 1883, to the Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



Sir : I have the honor to inclose herewith, for your information and 

 consideration, a copy of a note to this Department from the British 

 minister at this capital, communicating to this Government a copy of 

 the rules which the lords of Her Majesty's treasury have adopted for 

 regulating the interchange with foreign countries of Parliamentary 

 papers and other official documents published by the British Govern- 

 ment. 



It is supposed by this Department that we have already presented to 

 Great Britain most of the official publications of our Government, and 

 received, in return, nearly all those scheduled in the rules of the lords 

 of the treasury, for the Library of Congress. If it shall appear, how- 

 ever, that there are any British publications which are needed to com- 

 plete the collection of those documents possessed by that Library, it 

 will afford this Department pleasure to make application for the same 

 through the British legation in replying to the above-mentioned note. 



Bequesting that lists of any British publications desired by the Libra- 

 rian of Congress to complete his collection be furnished as soon as 

 practicable, 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 

 John Davis, 

 Acting Secretary. 



{Inclosure.) — From the British Minister, Mr. West, Washington, April 29, 



1883, to Mr. Frelinghuysen. 

 Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen : 



Sir: In the note which Sir Edward Thorntou addressed to your pred- 

 ecessor under date of the 14th of April, 1881, he acquainted the Depart- 

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