REPORT OF THE SECRETARY /5 



library not havin<i: received attention. Full information was obtained 

 by this office throiifjh the French Exchange Bureau, and in the 

 library's letter of acknowledgment to the Institution it is stated that 

 ''the information, which had been impossible for us to obtain, is 

 just what we need.'' 



FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF GOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 



A convention for the international exchange of oflicial documents 

 and scientific and literary publications was concluded at Brussels 

 March 15, 1886, between the United States and certain other coun- 

 tries. In accordance with the terms of that convention and under 

 authority of resolutions of Congress setting apart a certain number 

 of documents for exchange with foreign governments, there now 

 are sent regularly to dei)ositories abroad (')2 full sets of United States 

 official publications and 47 partial sets, an increase of four sets dur- 

 ing the year. China, Assam, Bihar and OrLssa, Central Provinces, 

 and the Punjab were added to the list of those countries receiving 

 partial sets, and the set sent to Lourenc^o Marquez was discontinued. 



The depository in Austria has been changed from tlic Bundesamt 

 fiir Statistik to the Bnndeskanzleramt, Horrengasse 23, Vienna I; 

 the one in Bolivia from the Ministerio de Colonizacion y Agricultura 

 to the Biblioteca del II. Congreso Nacional, La Paz; the one in 

 Hesse, Germany, from the Landesbibliothek, Darmstadt, to the 

 Universitiits-Bibliothek, Giessen; and the one in Honduras from the 

 Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores to the Biblioteca y Archivo 

 Nacionales, Tegucigalpa. 



A complete list of the foreign depositories of governmental doc- 

 uments is given below : 



DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SLTS 



Argentina: Ministerio de Kelacidiies Extcrinros, Iluoiios Aires. 



Buenos Aikes: P.iblioU'ca de la Uuiversidad Niicidiial ile La Plata, La 

 Plata. (Di'ixtsitory of tlie I'roviiKc of lUieiios Aires.) 

 Ai-STRALiA : Library of tlie Coninioiiwealtb Parliament, Canberra. 



New South Wales: Public Library of New Soutli Wales, Sydney. 



Queensland: Parliamentary Library, Brl.sbane. 



South Australia: Parliamentary Library, Adelaide. 



Tasmania: Parliamentary Library, Ilobart. 



Victohia: Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 



WESTUtN Australia: Pui»lic Library of AVestorn Australia, Perth. 

 Austria : Hundoskanzleramt, Horrengasse 2^, Vienna I. 

 Belgium: Blb!i<)tlie<iue Royale, Brussels. 

 Brazil: Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de .Janeiro. 

 Canada: Library of Parliament, Ottawa. 



Manitoba : Provincial Library, Winnipeg. 



Ontario: Ijegislative Library, Toronto. 



QuEiiKc: Library of tlie Legislature of the Province of Quebec, Quebec. 



