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The packages of publications are forwarded to the exchange bureaus 

 of foreign countries by freight or, where shipment by such means 

 is impractical, to the addressees by direct mail. The number of boxes 

 shipped to the foreign exchange bureaus was 2,884, only 5 less than 

 for the previous year. Of these boxes TG5 were for depositories of 

 full sets of United States Government documents, these publications 

 being furnished in exchange for the official publications of foreign 

 governments which are received for deposit in the Library of Con- 

 gress. The number of packages forwarded by mail and by means 

 other than freight was 190,690. 



The reduction in transportation costs, accomplished by exporting 

 through Baltimore rather than New York and first effected in 1947, 

 is being gradually neutralized by steadily increasing transportation 

 rates. The increasing freight and postal rates are primarily respon- 

 sible for the 145,727 pounds of publications that remained unshipped 

 at the end of the fiscal year. 



No shipments are being made to either China or Rumania. Pub- 

 lications intended for addresses in Formosa and formerly sent through 

 the Chinese Exchange Bureau at Nanking are now forwarded by 

 direct mail. 



FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF G0\T:RNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 



The number of sets of United States official publications received 

 by the Exchange Service for transmission abroad in return for the 

 official publications sent by foreign governments for deposit in the 

 Library of Congress is now 102 (61 full and 41 partial sets), listed 

 below. Changes that occurred during the year are shown in the 

 footnotes. 



DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS 



Argentina: Divisi6n Biblioteca, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Ciilto, 



Buenos Aires.* 

 Australia: Commonwealth Parliament and National Library, Canberra. 



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



Queensland : Parliamentary Library, Brisbane. 



South Australia: Public Library of South Australia, Adelaide. 



Tasmania: Parliamentary Library, Hobart. 



Victoria: Public Library of "Victoria, IMelbourne. 



Western Australia: Public library of Western Australia, Perth. 

 Austria: Administrative Library, Federal Chancellery, Vienna. 

 Belgium : Bibliotheque Royale, Bruxelles. 

 Brazil : Biblioteca Nacioual, Rio de Janiero. 

 Bulgaria: Bulgarian Bibliographical Institute, Sofia. 

 Burma : Government Book Depot, Rangoon. 



1 Changed from DireccI6n de Investlgaclones, Archive, Biblioteca y Leglslacl6n Extrau 

 Jero. 



