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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



and societies in this country which have so long enjoyed the benefits 

 of the system. 



Liberality of Transportation Companies. — Thanks also to the liberality 

 of the principal steamship companies, the packages of the Institution 

 are still carried free of freight, a concession amounting to several thou- 

 sand dollars a year in value. Acknowledgments are due to the follow- 

 ing companies and firms for this voluntary service : 



Am. Colonization Society. Washington, D. C. ; Anchor Steamship 

 Co. (Henderson & Bro., agents), N. Y. : Atlas Steamship Co. (Pim, For- 

 wood & Co., ag'ts), N. Y. ; H. B. Bailey & Co., N. Y. ; E. R. Biddle, 

 Philadelphia; Thomas Bixby &Co., Boston, Mass.; Thomas Bland, N. 

 Y. ; B. E. Borland, N. Y. ; R. W. Cameron & Co., K Y. ; Compagnie 

 G^n^rale Transatlantique (L. de B6bian, ag't), IST. Y.; Cuuard Royal 

 Mail Steamship Line (Vernon H. Brown & Co., ag'ts), X. Y.; Dallett, 

 Boulton & Bliss, N. Y. ; Thomas Dennison, K Y. ; Hamburg- Ameri- 

 can Packet Co., (Kunhardt & Co., ag'ts), N. Y. ; Inman Steamship Co., 

 N. Y. ; Merchants' Line of Steamers, N. Y ; Monarch Line (Patton, 

 Vickers & Co., ag'ts), N. Y. ; MuQoz y Espriella, K Y. ; Murray, 

 Ferris & Co., N. Y. ; Netherlands-American-Steam Navigation Co., 

 (H. Cazaux, ag't), N. Y. ; New York and Brazil Steamship Co., N. Y. ; 

 New York and Mexico Steamship Co., N. Y; North German Lloyd 

 (Oelrichs & Co.), N. Y., (Schumacher & Co., ag'ts,) Baltimore; Pacific 

 Mail Steamship Co., N. Y.; Panama E. R. Co., N. Y.; Red Star Line 

 (Peter Wright «& Sons, ag'ts), Philada. and N. Y.; Spinney, Joseph, 

 S., N. Y.; Steamship Lines for Brazil, Texas, Florida, and Nassau, N. 

 P. (C. W. Mallory & Co., agents), N. Y.; White -Cross Line of Antwerp 

 (Punch, Edye & Co., agents), N. Y. ; Wilson & Asmus, N. Y. 



The Pennsylvania Railroad Comjiauy and the Baltimore and Ohio 

 Company have continued their concessions of reduced fares, and the 

 freight steamer lines between Washington and New York have also 

 made liberal concessions, which have been of very great value. 



Acknowledgments are also due to the foreign ministers and consuls 

 of 1 he various Governments for their assistance in taking charge of the 

 packages intended for the countries which they respectively represent 

 and transmitting them with care to their destination. 



The following tables will give the statistics for 1884 : 



RECEIPTS. 



Purpose for which received. 



1. For foreign distribution ... 



2. For domestic distribution.. 



3. For Government exchanges 



Packages. Weight. 



18, 866 



7,967 



38, 337 



65, 170 



78, 732 

 42, 255 

 32, 827 



lbs. 153,814 



Representing an increase over 1883 of about 1,500 packages. 



