APPENDIX 5 

 REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 



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

 operations of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1930: 



For the support of the system of International Exchanges Con- 

 gress appropriated $51,297, an increase of $942 over the amount 

 granted for the preceding year. This extra amount was requested 

 to cover the added cost for freight due to the increase in the weight 

 of shipments sent abroad. The repayments from governmental and 

 other establishments aggregated $5,050.30, making the total resources 

 available for carrying on the Exchange Service during 1930, 

 $56,347.30. 



The total number of packages received both from domestic and 

 foreign sources for distribution through the service was 694,665, 

 an increase over the previous year of 74,180, or about 12 per cent. 

 The weight of these packages was 708,094 pounds, a gain of 86,721 

 pounds, or nearly 14 per cent. These increases are quite out of 

 the ordinary, especially when it is considered that the gain in 

 packages during the preceding year was one of the largest in the 

 history of the service. 



The publications sent and received by the Exchange Service are 

 classified as parliamentary documents, departmental documents, and 

 miscellaneous scientific and literary publications. The term " Par- 

 liamentary documents," as here used, refers to publications set aside 

 by law for exchange with foreign governments, and includes not 

 only documents printed by order of either House of Congress, but 

 those issued by any department, bureau, or commission of the 

 Government not of a confidential nature. The returns for these 

 publications are deposited in the Library of Congress. The term 

 " Departmental documents " embraces all of the publications de- 

 livered at the Institution from the various Government departments, 

 bureaus, or commissions, for distribution to correspondents abroad 

 from whom they desire to obtain similar publications in exchange. 

 The " Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications " are re- 

 ceived chiefly from learned societies, universities, colleges, scientific 

 organizations, and museums. The number and weight of packages 

 coming under these different headings are as follows : 

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