APPENDIX 6 

 REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 



Sm : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 

 ties of the International Exchange Service for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1947. 



Although shipping was suspended during Se^jtember, October, and 

 November because of shipping and trucking strikes, the allotment for 

 transportation was practically exhausted by the end of March. There- 

 fore it was necessary to curtail sharply shipping during the last 3 

 months of the fiscal year. 



The number of packages received for transmission during the year 

 was 703,798, an increase over the previous year of 163,296. The 

 weight of these packages was 773,975 pounds, an increase of 301,076 

 pounds. The average weight of the individual packages is approxi- 

 mately 1 pound, 2 ounces, as compared to the average of the previous 

 year of approximately 14 ounces — an indication that the institutions 

 are still shipping material held during the war. The material re- 

 ceived from both foreign and domestic sources for distribution is 

 classified as shown in the following table : 



The packages are forwarded partly by mail direct to the addressees 

 and partly by freight to the exchange bureaus. The number of boxes 

 shipped was 2,578, a decrease of 539. Of the boxes shipped 638 were 

 for depositories of full sets of the United States Government docu- 

 ments furnished in exchange for the official publications of foreign 

 governments for deposit in the Library of Congress. The number of 

 packages forwarded by mail was 164,305. 



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