REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 21 



conveiitioii— the immediate excliauge of official Journals— an appropria- 

 tion of about $2,000 to cover the necessary postage and additional cler- 

 ical assistance is required,' and i)rovisiou should be made for the prompt 

 delivery to the exchange office of the documents referred to. 



This sum of $3,000 was estimated in reply to an inquiry made by the 

 Secretary of State, dated February 12, 1880, as to the ability of the 

 Smithsonian Institution to execute all of the provisions of the two con- 

 ventions without further legislation by Congress, and the estimate was 

 duly transmitted by the Secretary of State in a letter to the President 

 of the Senate, but no appropriation was made. 



As heretofore, the Institution is greatly indebted to the lines of ocean 

 steamers betw^een the United States and other countries, and especial 

 acknowledgment is due to the agencies of the following companies for 

 the continuation of many favors in the free transportation of interna- 

 tional exchange packages : 



Allan steam-ship Company (A. Schumacher & Co., agents), Baltimore. 



Anchor Sleam-ship Line (Henderson & Brother, agents), New York. 



Athis Steam-ship Company (Pim, Forwood & Co., agents), New York. 



Bailey, H. B., & Co., Now York. 



Bixby, Thomas E., & Co., Boston, Mass. 



Borland, B. R. , New York. 



Boulton, Bliss & Dallett, New York. 



Cameron, R. W., & Co., New York. 



Compagnie G(5n6rale Transatlanfique (L. de B^bian, agent), New York. 



Cunard Royal Mail Steam-ship Line (Vernon H. Brown & Co., agents), New 

 York. 



Denuison, Thomas, New York. 



Florio Rubattino Line, New York. 



Hamburg American Packet Company (Kuuhardt & Co., agents), Now York. 



Inmau Steam-ship Company, New York. 



Mei'chants' Line of Steamers, New York. 



Munoz y Espriella, New York. 



Murray, Ferris & Co., New York. 



Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (H. Cazaux, agent), New 

 York. 



New, York and Brazil Steam-ship Company, New York. 



New York and Mexico Steam-ship Company, New York. 



North German Lloyd (agents, Oelrichs «fc Co., New York; A. Schumacher »fe 

 Co., Baltimore). 



Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company, New York. 



Panama Railroad Company, New York. 



Red Star Line (Peter Wright & Sons, agents), Philadelphia and New York. 



White Cross Line of Antwerp (Fnnch.Edye & Co., agents). New York. 



Wilson &, Asmus,New York. 



LIBRARY. 



I may best preface what I have to say about the library by a repeti- 

 tion of some introductory remarks in my previous report: 



"Chiefly through its exchange system, the Smithsonian had in 18G5 

 accumulated about forty thousaiul volumes, largely publications of 

 learned societies, containing the record of the actual progress of the 



