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ANOSrUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 



foreign and domestic sources for shipment are classified as shown in 

 the following table: 



The packages of publications are forwarded by freight to the 

 exchange bureaus of foreign countries and to addressees in foreign 

 countries where shipment by such means is impractical by direct 

 mail. The number of boxes shipped to the foreign exchange bureaus 

 was 2,889, a decrease of 407 boxes from the previous year. Of the 

 boxes shipped 841 were for depositories of full sets of United States 

 Government documents, these publications being furnished in ex- 

 change for the official publications of foreign governments for deposit 

 in the Library of Congress. The number of packages forwarded by 

 mail and means other than freight was 219,471. 



In spite of the fact that considerable savings in transportation 

 continued to be effected by exporting through Baltimore rather than 

 New York, and in spite of the advantage gained through special 

 arrangements for shipment to Germany, the allotment for transporta- 

 tion was insufficient to maintain full operations for the entire year. 

 Owing to the insufficient funds and to the fact that no shipments 

 were made to China or Kumania, the International Exchange Service 

 ended the fiscal year with a backlog of 145,224 pounds of publications. 



Consignments are now forwarded to all countries except China and 

 Kumania. Publications for addressees in Formosa, formerly sent 

 through the Chinese Exchange Bureau, are now forwarded by direct 

 mail. 



FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF GOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 



The number of sets of United States official publications received 

 by the Exchange Service to be sent abroad in return for the official 

 publications sent by foreign governments for deposit in the Library 

 of Congress is 99 (59 full and 40 partial sets). Changes that occurred 

 during the year are shown in the footnotes. 



