APPENDIX 6 

 REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activities 

 of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1940 : 



The congressional appropriation was $44,880, an increase of $280 

 over 1939, the extra amount having been allowed for step-ups in the 

 salaries of certain exchange employees. The collections from repay- 

 ments amounted to $4,112.24, making the total available resources 

 $48,992.24. 



During the year 639,344 packages passed through the service, a 

 decrease of 75,533. The weight was 527,545 pounds, a decrease of 

 192,149 pounds. These large decreases in the number and weight 

 of packages were due to the interruption of shipments of exchanges 

 between the United States and a number of foreign countries caused 

 by the wars in Europe and in China. 



The number and weight of packages sent and received through the 

 service is given in the following table : 



There were shipped abroad 1,894 boxes, a decrease of 1,129 boxes 

 from the preceding year. Of these boxes, 486 were for depositories 

 of full sets of United States governmental documents, and the re- 

 mainder were for miscellaneous institutions and individuals. The 

 very large decrease in the number of boxes shipped abroad was due, 

 as stated above, to the interruption of the normal activities of the 

 Exchange Service by the foreign wars. 



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