REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



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It will be seen from the foregoing table that 74 per cent of the 

 work of the office has been conducted in behalf of the United States 

 governmental establishments. 



There were shipped abroad during the year 3,235 boxes, being an 

 increase of 412 (14.6 per cent) over the number for the preceding 

 12 months. This is the largest number of boxes forwarded abroad 

 through the service in one year. These boxes measured a total of 

 17,034 cubic feet. Seven hundred and eighty-five of the boxes con- 

 tained full sets of United States official documents for authorized 

 depositories and the remainder (2,450) were filled with departmental 

 and other publications for depositories of partial sets and for miscel- 

 laneous correspondents. The number of boxes sent to each country 

 is given below : 



Consignments of exchanges foricardcd to foreign countries 



