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The packages of publications are forwarded to the exchange bu- 

 reaus of foreign countries by freight, or where shipment by such 

 means is impractical, to the addressees by direct mail. The number 

 of boxes shipped to the foreign exchange bureaus was 3,058, or 174 

 more than for the previous year. Of these boxes 867 were for de- 

 positories of full sets of United States Government documents, these 

 publications being furnished in exchange for the official publications 

 of foreign governments which are received for deposit in the Library 

 of Congress. The number of packages forwarded by mail and by 

 means other than freight was 205,666. 



Transportation rates continue to increase and are primarily re- 

 sponsible for the 148,014 pounds of publications that remained un- 

 shipped at the end of the fiscal year. 



No shipments are being made to either China or Rumania. Pub- 

 lications intended for addresses in Formosa and formerly sent through 

 the Chinese Exchange Bureau at Nanking 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 for transmission abroad in return for the 

 official publications sent by foreign governments for deposit in the 

 Library of Congress is now 104 (62 full and 42 partial sets), listed 

 below. Changes that occurred during the year are shown in the 

 footnotes. 



DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS 



Argentina : Divisi6n Biblioteca, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, 



Buenos Aires. 

 Australia : Commonwealth Parliament and National Library, Canberra. 



New South Wales : Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 



Queensland : Parliamentary Library, Brisbane. 



South Austkalia: Public Library of South Australia, Adelaide. 



Tasmania: Parliamentary Library, Hobart. 



Victoria : Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 



Western Australia: Public Library of Western Australia, Perth. 

 Austria: Administrative Library, Federal Chancellery, Vienna. 

 Belgium : Bibliotheque Royale, Bruxelles. 

 Brazil : Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 

 Bulgaria : Bulgarian Bibliographical Institute, Sofia. 

 Burma : Government Book Depot, Rangoon. 

 Canada : Library of Parliament, Ottawa. 



Manitoba : Provincial Library, Winnipeg. 



Ontario : Legislative Library, Toronto. 



Quebec : Library of the Legislature of the Province of Quebec. 

 Ceylon : Department of Information, Government of Ceylon, Colombo. 

 Chili : Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago. 



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