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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1942 



tions delivered at the Institution by governmental departments, bu- 

 reaus, or commissions for distribution to their correspondents abroad. 

 Publications received in return are deposited in the various depart- 

 mental libraries. "Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications" 

 are received chiefly from learned societies, universities, colleges, scien- 

 tific institutions, and museums in the United States for transmission 

 to similar establishments in all parts of the world. 



Detailed figures under these three headings are given in the 

 following table: 



Packages are forwarded abroad partly by freight to exchange 

 bureaus for distribution and partly by mail directly to their destina- 

 tions. The number of boxes shipped was 599, a decrease from last 

 year of 366. Of these boxes 304 were for depositories of full sets 

 of governmental documents and the contents of the remainder (295) 

 were for depositories of partial sets and for various establishments 

 and individuals. The number of mail packages was 127,454. 



The work of the Service is still greatly interfered with by the war, 

 which at the close of the year had resulted in the suspension of ship- 

 ments of exchanges to all countries in the Eastern Hemisphere except 

 Great Britain and the Union of South Africa. In the Western 

 Hemisphere, where packages are forwarded to their destinations by 

 mail, mostly under governmental frank, there has been no interrup- 

 tion to the sending of packages, although some delay results from 

 their examination by the Office of Censorship before being allowed 

 to leave the United States. 



The dates of the last shipments to the countries to which the send- 

 ing of consignments was suspended during the year are given below : 



India Oct. 17, 1941 



Portugal Apr. 7, 1042 



Sweden Dec. 2, 1941 



Switzerland Dec. 8, 1941 



New Zealand „_—_ » „,.., ..- Sept. 22, 1941 



