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CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



in accoptaiice, on the part of:" the Ai\i;eutiiie Govermneiit, of the terms 

 of exclianj;c proposed by the Sinitlisoiiian Institution on behalf of the 

 Government of the United States, tlie lirst transmission for that country, 

 of six boxes, was made on November 18, 1875, through the Argentine 

 ambassador, Mr. G. A'i<lela Dorna, in I^ew York. 



In 1870 an application for a set of these oflicial i:)nblications for the 

 Government of the province of Buenos Aja^es was favorably considered, 

 and on j^ovember 21 , 187G, the tirst installment of seven boxes forwarded 

 to its destination. Both sets have since been increased to twenty-six 

 boxes each. 



On jSTovember Uo, 1881, i\Ir. Marcus F. (Tntierez, director of the office 

 for the deposit and distribution of the i)ublications of the Argentine 

 Government in IJuenos Ayres, addressed the Smithsonian Institution 

 with the request for a copy of the United States official publications 

 for deposit in his office. 



On December 18, 1881, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 

 replied that the oflicial publications of tlie United States are already 

 represented in two copies in the city of Buenos Ayres, and regretting 

 his inability of furnishing a third co])y. 



(Jn October 20, 1885, Mr. Gutierez addressed to the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution a letter of which the following is a translation : 



Sir : The undersigned, director of the office for the deposit and dis- 

 tribution of the publications of this Goverinneut, has the honor to ad- 

 dress to you a copy of the Superior Decree of July 25, A. G., specity- 

 ing the rules and regulations adopted by his excellency the Minister 

 of Justice, Worsliip, and Public Instruction, Dr. Edward Wilde, for 

 the governmetit of this office, which is to promote the international ex- 

 change of i)ublicatioiis. 



From this decree you will learn tlie conditions under which this office 

 can undertake the exchange of iniblications vrilh governments, libraries, 

 and foreign establishments, and if these are agreeble to you I would 

 thank you for your opinion how this exchange is best to be instituted. 

 It is hoped that this arrangement will result in a full and mutually 

 valuable exchange of the intellectual productions of our respective 

 countries. 



Marcus F. Gutierez. 



rXraiisIatiOD.! 



Decree and ref/nlations conccrninp the international excJianfje of imhlica- 



tions. 



Argentine Republic, 

 Department of Justice, Worship, and Public Instruction, 



Buenos Ayres^ Juhj 25, 1885. 



In order to provide in the best manner ])ossible, in accordance with 

 the intentions of the decree of IMay 2, 1870, tor the mutual exchange of 



