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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Iiccapitulation. 



* From December to June inclusive. 



t Decrease. 



All idea of the growtli of the service since 1886 is conveyed by the annexed sum- 

 mary: 



Comjiarative statement. 



EXPENSE. 



The expenses of the Exchange Bureau are met in part by a direct appropriation 

 made by Congress in the following terms: 



" For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States 

 and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fifteen thousand dollars." 



This is supplemented by appropriations to several Government Bureaus by which 

 they are enabled to pay a portion of the cost of the exchange of their documents at a 

 rate of 5 cents per pound weight as established by the Board of Regents. Smaller 

 sums have been received from State institutions desiring to make use of the service, 

 and the deficiency is paid from the Smithsonian fund.* 



The receipts and disbursements by the accounting officer of the Smithsonian 

 Institution on account of the international exchanges, as shown in his statement for 

 the fiscal year, dated July 1, 1890, were as follows : 



Beceipts. 



Direct appropriation by Congress .$15, 000. 00 



Repayment to Smithsonian Institution : 



Uuited States Government Departments 1,771.53 



Societies and other sources 18.45 



1, 789. 98 



*The actual cost of the exchanges from July 1, 1889, to June 30, 1890, compiled from 

 the accounting officer's boolcs and including the receipts and disbursements for the 

 fiscal year, entered up to September 24, 1890, was .$17,407.30. 



Fifteen thousand dollars of this sum ($17,407.30) were appropriated by Congress 

 directly to the Smithsonian Institution, S2, 009.34 were repaid to the Institution by 

 Government Bureaus, $28.40 by State institutions and the deficiency, |369.5G, was 

 met by the Smithsonian fund. 



