96 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



EXCHANGE OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. 



The following table shows the number of packages forwarded and re- 

 ceived by the several branches of this Government during the year. By 

 comparison with the last report it will be observed that there has been a 

 slight increase in the number of packages transmitted abroad and an 

 increase of 5 per cent in the number of packages received. The contribu- 

 tions credited to the Library of Congress were forwarded in accordance 

 with the act of Congress approved March 2, 1867. 



Statement of Government exchanges during the year 1899-1900. 



Name of bureau. 



Re- 

 ceived 

 for — 



American Historical Associ- 

 ation 



Astropliyical Observatory — 



Auditor for tlie State and 

 other Departments, Treas- 

 ury Department 



Board on Geograpliic 

 Names 



Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology 



Bureau of American Repub- 

 lics 



Bureau of Education 



Bureau of Medicine and 

 Surgery 



Bureau of the Mint 



Bureau of Navigation 



Bureau of Statistics, Treas- 

 ury Department 



Bureau of Steam Engineer- 

 ing, Navy Department 



Census Oflfice 



Civil Service Commission 



Coast and Geodetic Survey... 



Commissioners of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia 



Comptroller of theCurrency. 



Department of Agriculture.. 



Department of the Interior. . 



Department of Justice 



Department of Labor 



Department of State 



Entomological Commission.. 



Fish Commission 



General Land Office 



Geological Survey 



Packages. 



2 



5 



1,096 



23 



3 

 37 

 13 



2 

 85 



6 

 602 



Sent 

 by- 



397 

 18 



4,360 



13 



11 



5 



565 



327 



Name of bureau. 



Re- 

 ceived 

 for — 



4,062 



Hydrographic Office 



Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mis.sion 



Isthmian Canal Commission . 



Library of Congress 



Life-Sa ving Service 



Light-House Board 



Marine-Hospital Service 



National Academy of Sci- 

 ences 



National Museum 



National Zoological Park . . . 



Nautical Almanac Office — 



Naval Observatory , 



Navy Department 



Office of the Chief of Engi- 

 neers 



Office of Indian Affairs 



Ordnance Office, War De- 

 ment 



Patent Office 



President of the United 

 States 



Record and Pension Office, 

 War Department 



Senate of the United States 



Smithsonian Institution 



Superintendent of Docu- 

 ments 



Surgeon-General's Office 

 (Army) 



Treasiiry Department 



War Department 



Weather Bureau 



Packages. 



163 

 19 



Total 



7,015 

 3 

 4 

 14 



316 

 6 



34 

 138 



21 



29 

 6 



2 

 102 



2,147 



12, 904 



Sent 

 by- 



297 

 1 

 24, 370 

 104 

 115 

 104 



36 

 3,029 



161 



675 



1 



124 



1,253 



162 



1 



4,157 



134 



290 



8 



151 



1,136 



49, 410 



