REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



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FiQCHB 1. — Relative weight of packages transmitted througli the International Exchange 

 Service between the years 1850 and 1939, divided into periods of 5 years each. 



FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF GOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 



There are now transmitted through the service to foreign deposi- 

 tories 61 full sets of United States official documents and 47 partial 

 sets — 108 in all, a decrease of 3 sets. The partial sets for the city 

 of Glasgow, Assam, and Central Provinces were discontinued, and 

 the partial set for Finland was increased to a full set. 



At the request of the Danish Government the depository in that 

 country was changed from the Royal Library to the Royal Danish 

 Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen. 



The German Government depository was changed from the Min- 

 istry of the Interior to the Ministry of Science, Instruction, and 

 Public Education. 



DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS 



Abgentina : Ministerio de Kelaciones Exteriores, Buenos Aires. 



Buenos Aiees : Biblioteca de la Universidad. Nacioiial de La Plata, La 

 Plata. (Depository of the Province of Buenos Aires.) 

 AtrSTBALiA : Commonwealth Parliament and National Library, Canberra. 



New South Wales : Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 



Queensland : Parliamentary Library, Brisbane. 



South Austkalia: Parliamentary Library, Adelaide. 



Tasmania: Parliamentary Library, Hobart. 



Victoria : Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 



Western Australia : Public Library of Western Australia, Perth. 

 Bexgium : Biblioth^que Royale, Bruxelles. 

 Brazil: Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 



197855 — 4C 



