APPENDIX 6 

 KEPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the ac- 

 tivities of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1941 : 



The appropriation allowed by Congress was $44,880, the same 

 amount as for the previous year. There was also received by trans- 

 fer from the Department of State $500 from an appropriation made 

 by Congress to that Department for cooperation with the American 

 republics. This amount was allotted to the Exchange Service for 

 mailing packages of publications to the Argentine Republic and 

 Brazil, so that they would reach their destinations without the delay 

 which occurs when shipments are made through exchange bureaus. 

 To all other South and Central American countries, with one excep- 

 tion, exchanges are transmitted by mail under governmental frank. 

 From repayments there was collected $3,036.53, making the total 

 available resources $48,416.53. 



The number of packages received for transmission during the year 

 was 576,282, a decrease of 63,062. The weight was 388,649 pounds, a 

 decrease of 138,896 pounds. 



The following table gives the number and weight of packages sent 

 and received through the service : 



The packages referred to in the above table as sent abroad were 

 forwarded partly in boxes by freight to exchange bureaus for dis- 



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