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, 1932 : 



The congressional appropriation for the support of the service 

 during 1932 was $54,060, an increase of $1,250 over that for 1931. 

 Of this increase, $1,000 was for freight and $250 for boxes. The 

 Institution received as repayments from departmental and other 

 establishments $5,056.23, making the total resources available during 

 the year $59,116.23. 



The total number of packages received for distribution through 

 the service, from both domestic and foreign sources was 759,035, an 

 increase over the previous year of 117,697, or about 18 per cent. The 

 greater part of this increase was in the parliamentary documents 

 forwarded abroad. 



The publications sent and received by the service are classified as 

 parliamentary documents, departmental documents, and miscellane- 

 ous scientific and literary publications. The number and weight of 

 packages containing the publications coming under these headings 

 are as follows : 



It will be seen from the foregoing table that about 75 per cent 

 of the work of the office during the year has been conducted in behalf 

 of United States governmental establishments. 



The total number of boxes used in dispatching consignments 

 abroad was 2,652, a decrease of 350 from the preceding year. Of 

 these boxes, 605 were for the foreign depositories of full sets of 

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