38 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1934 



As stated in a previous report, the clearance of consignments 

 arriving at the port of New York for the Smithsonian Institution 

 was attended to from 1850 to July 1, 1923', by an official in the United 

 States Customhouse. On the latter date the work was taken over 

 by the Coordinator of the Second Area in New York City. The 

 Office of the Coordinator subsequently having been abolished, the 

 Institution appointed its own agent August 1, 1933. On April 1, 

 1934, the Smithsonian Agency in New York was discontinued and 

 the duties were assumed by the United States Government Despatch 

 Agent. Foreign consignments intended for the Institution and its 

 branches therefore now should be addressed as follows : 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Wasliington, D. C. 



e/o United States Despatch Agent, 



45 Broadway, 



New York, U. S. A. 



Vittorio Benedetti, who for many years had ably served the Royal 

 Italian Office of International Exchanges in Rome, was reinstated in 

 July 1929, after a separation of 3 years, as chief of that office. In 

 July 1933 he advised the Institution that, having passed the age 

 limit, he had been retired. The service rendered by Mr. Benedetti 

 in promoting the cultural relations between Italy and the United 

 States is inestimable. 



FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF GOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 



The total number of sets of United States official publications sent 

 to foreign depositories is 112, of which 62 are full and 50 partial. 

 A complete list of the depositories is given in the report for 1931. 



INTERPARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL 



The number of foreign legislative bodies and other governmental 

 establishments to which the Congressional Record is forwarded under 

 the terms of the convention for the immediate exchange of the 

 official journal is 104. A list of the States taking part in this imme- 

 diate exchange, together with the names of the establishments to 

 which the Record is mailed, will be found in the report for 1931. 



FOREIGN EXCHANGE AGENCIES 



The Government of New Zealand advised the Institution under 

 date of June 1 that the Exchange Agency for that country had been 

 changed from the Dominion Museum to the General Assembly 

 Library in Wellington. 



