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The distribution to foreign countries was made in 873 cases, representing 365 trans- 

 missions, as follows : 



Cases. 



Argentine Republic 12 



Austria* 4 



Baden* 4 



Bavaria* 4 



Belgium 12 



Bolivia 1 



Canadat 8 



China 3 



Chili..' 8 



Colombia 6 



Costa Rica 2 



Cuba 3 



Denmark 9 



Dutch Guiana 1 



Ecuador 2 



I'gypt 2 



France 23 



Germany 25 



Great Britain 30 



Greece 6 



Guatemala 2 



Hayti fi 



Hungary* 4 



India 5 



Italy 18 



Japan 10 



Cases. 



Mexicot 7 



Netherlands 12 



New South AVales 9 



New Zealand 8 



Nicaragua 2 



Norway 8 



Paraguay 1 



Peru 6 



Polynesia 2 



Portugal 7 



Prussia* 4 



Queensland 9 



Russia 18 



San Salvador 1 



Saxony * 4 



South Australia 8 



Spain 8 



Sweden 9 



Switzerland 15 



Tasmania 6 



Turkey 6 



Uruguay 



Venezuela 



Victoria 



West Indies.. 

 Wiirtemberg* 



2 



7 



8 



(t) 



Liberia 2 



* Miscellaneous exchanges included in transmissions to Germany. 

 t In addition to a large amount sent by mail. 

 J Bj' mail. 



The entire number of publications sent abroad during the year under the pro- 

 visions of the act of Congress of March 2, 1867, has been 27,300, and there bave 

 been received in return but 1,820 packages or volumes. The United States Govern- 

 ment Departments have forwarded to their correspondents abroad through the Bureau 

 16,496 packages or volumes, and have received in return 8,886. The total, then, of 

 the exchanges for the enrichment of the Government libraries has been 10,706 pack- 

 ages received and 43,796 packages sent abroad, a total of 54,502 packages, or 66 per 

 cent, of the total number of packages handled. 



