APPENDIX 5 

 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 

 ended June 30, 1934 : 



Congress appropriated $39,054 for the International Exchange 

 Service, $38,500 of which was included in the regular appropriation 

 act and $554 in a deficiency act, the latter being for the purpose of 

 restoring on February 1, 1934, 5 percent of the 15-percent economy 

 reduction in salaries. The above appropriation is a decrease of 

 $2,571 from the actual amount expended for the service during the 

 previous year. The repayments from departmental and other 

 establishments aggregated $3,805.27, a decrease of $1,423, making 

 the total resources available for conducting the service during the 

 year $42,859.27. 



The number of packages that passed through the service during 

 the year was 675,980, a decrease of 44,229. These packages weighed 

 a total of 624,741 pounds, a decrease of 9,966 pounds. 



The table below gives the number and weight of the packages 

 arranged under certain classifications. 



The total number of boxes shipped abroad was 2,342, a decrease of 

 346. Of these boxes, 441 contained full sets of United States official 

 documents for authorized foreign depositories and the remainder 

 (1,901) were filled with publications for miscellaneous establishments 

 and individuals. The number of packages sent abroad by mail was 

 57,359, a decrease of 22,271. 



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