62 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Tliis exchang(! on account of Government bureaus is shown in detail in tbe fol- 

 lowing table : 



Statemimt of Government (xvhun<ies duriiKj the i/car 1S91-9J. 



Packages — 



Naiiu' of bureau. 



Received \ 

 for. 



Sent by. 



American Epberaeris 



Astro-phy sieal Observat ory 



Bureau of Education 



Bureau of Etbiiology 



Bure.au of International Ex- 

 changes 



I'nreau of Medicine and 

 Surgery 



Bureau of Navigation 



Bureau of Ordnance (Navy 

 1 )epartinent) 



Bureau of Statistics 



Bureau of SteamEngineering 



Bureau of the Mint 



Census Office 



Commissioner of Patents. . . 



Comptroller of the Currency 



Department of Agriculture . 



Department of J ustice 



Department of Labor." 



Dei)artment of State 



Department of the Interior. 



Department of AVar 



General Land Office 



House of Representatives . . 



Hydrographic Office 



Index Medicus 



Library of Congress 



Light-House Board 



Marine Hospital Service 



National Academy of Sci- 

 ences 



Nautical Almanac Office 



143 



10 



20 



22 



29 



13 



4 



1 



68 



1 



1, 941 



893 



45 

 225 



91 



183 



Adding this to the number of miscellaneous packages the total of 97,027 packages, 

 weighing 113 tons, has passed through the bureau. 



EPFICIKNCY OK THE SERVICE. 



It is, perhajis, desirable to rehearse brietiyhere the method of receiving and hand- 

 ling exchange packages received by the Institution. 



iScientific societies and individuals in the United States desiring to forward their 

 publications abroad send them to the Smithsonian Institution, where a record is 

 kojit of the number of packages received, under the sender's name, and also a record 

 showing each person or institution to which a copy of the work in question is trans- 

 mitted. The books are then packed, with invoices from other senders, and for- 

 warded by freight to tlie Government liureau abroad which has undertaken the 

 task of distributing all exchange i)ackages in that country. The books are for- 

 warded direct to the paid agents of the Institution, if in Great Britain or Germany, 



