GO 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



For comparison witli previous years T add a tabular statemeut from 1880 1( 

 iuf'lusivi!, by wliicli the rai>id growth of the service clearly appears: 



1892. 



188G-'87 



Number of packages received 01 , 



Woiglit of packages received : 141 , 



Ledger accouuts: 



Poreign societies 



Poreign individuals 



Domestic societies 1 ■, 



Domestic individuals 15 "' 



Domestic packages sent | 10, 



Invoices written ' 15 



Cases sLipjied abroad i 



Letters received 1, 



Letters written ' 1. 



940 



2fin 



7, 896 



2,165 



294 



288 

 C92 

 131 



217 



1887-'88 



75, 

 149, 



n 



\ Ki, 



I !• 



' 1, 



107 

 030 



194 

 15:! 

 070 



r>r,i; 

 :"!(ii 



525 

 CGI! 

 062 

 804 



1888-89 1889-'90 



75, 

 179, 



966 



928 



466 

 699 



355 

 010 

 218 

 095 

 G93 

 214 

 050 



82, 572 

 202, 657 



5,131 



6,340 



1,431 



3,100 



13,216 



16, 948 



873 



1,509 



1,625 



1890-'91 



90, 066 

 237,612 



5, 981 



7,072 



1,588 



4,207 



29, 047 



21, 923 



962 



2,207 



2,417 



97, 027 

 226, 517 



6,204 

 7, 910 

 2, 044 

 4,524 

 20. 000 

 2:!. 13G 

 1,015 

 2, 323 

 2, 752 



EXPENSES. 



The expenses of the exchange bureau are met iu part by direct appropriation by 

 Congress and in part by appropriations made to Government Departments or 

 Bureaus, either in their contingent funds or iu specified terms for repayment to the 

 Smithsonian Institution of a portion of the cost of transportation. In 1878 the 

 Board of Regents established a charge of 5 cents per pound weight for the publica- 

 tions sent out or received by the various Government bureaus, this charge being 

 necessary to prevent an undue tax upon the resources of the Institution, as the ap- 

 propriations made l)y Congress have never been sutiicient to meet the entire cost of 

 the service. For similar reasons it has been found necessary to make a charge of 

 the same amount to State institutions, and from these a further small sum has been 

 received. 



The appropriation made by Congress for the fiscal year 1891-'92 was in the follow- 

 ing terms : 



For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States 

 .'ind foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, seventeen thousand dollars. 



The receipts and disbursements by the accounting officer of the Smithsonian 

 Institution on account of international exchanges, under date of July 1, 1892, and 

 covering the fiscal year immediately preceding, were as follows : 



KECEIPTS. 



Direct appropriation by Congress .^17,000. 00 



Repayments to the Smithsimian Institution from I'nited States Govern- 

 ment Departments 2, 108. 44 



State institutions 30. 75 



Total 19, 139. 19 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Salaries and compensations. 



Freigbt 



I'.acking boxes 



I'riiiting 



Postage 



St.aticnery 



From specific 

 Congressional 

 appropriations. 



$14, 074. 81 

 1, 792. 83 

 561. 40 

 98.50 

 145. 00 

 327. 46 



17, 000. 00 



From other 

 sources. 



$3,310.49 



