APPENDIX 4 

 REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 

 tions of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1933. 



The appropriation granted by Congress for the system of interna- 

 tional exchanges during the year was $47,529, a decrease of $6,531 

 from the appropriation for the preceding year. Of this decrease, 

 $1,250 was on account of certain savings in forwarding shipments to 

 Great Britain, and the remainder, $5,281, was to meet the 10 percent 

 reduction made by Congress in its economy program. The repay- 

 ments from departmental and other establishments aggregated 

 $5,228.29, making the total available resources for conducting the 

 service during 1933 $52,757.29. 



The total number of packages handled was 720,209, a decrease of 

 38,826. The weight of these packages was 634,707 pounds, a falling 

 off of 25,943 pounds. 



The following table gives the number and weight of the packages 

 passing through the service arranged under certain classifications: 



During the year 2,688 boxes were shipped abroad, an increase of 

 36 over the number for the preceding 12 months. Of the total num- 

 ber of boxes, 603 contained full sets of United States official docu- 

 ments for authorized depositories abroad, and the remainder (2,083) 

 were filled mth publications for miscellaneous establishments and 

 individuals. 



The number of packages sent abroad by mail was 79,630, a decrease 

 of 5,805 from the number mailed the previous year, 

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