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REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF EXCHANGES. 



The Smithsonian Institution, through its international exchange, is at 

 present in correspondence with 2,908 societies, located as follows : 



Algeria 9 



Azores 1 



Cape Colonies 6 



Egypt 8 



Liberia - 



Madeira 1 



Malta 1 



Mauritius 5 



!Mozambique 1 



St. Helena 2 



British America ; 



Canada 23 



Manitoba 1 



New Brunswick 3 



New tbundlaud 1 



Nova Scotia 5 



Central America : 



Costa Kica 1 



Guatemala 2 



Mexico : 

 Mexico . 



West Indies : 



Baliamas 1 



Baibadoes , 1 



Cuba '^ 



Guadeloupe 1 



Jamaica 1 



Trinidad 1 



Turli's Island 1 



South America : 



Arg(;ntine KepnbUc 17 



Bolivia 1 



Brazil 10 



British Guiana '^ 



Chili 12 



Columbia 3 



Dutch Guiana 2 



Ecuador 1 



Paraguay 1 



Peru 4 



Uruguay 5 



Venezuela 3 



36 



China 8 



India *.- 39 



Japan 8 



Java 7 



Philippine Islands 3 



Strait Settlements 3 



AUSTRALASIA. 



New South Wales 15 



Queensland 4 



South Australia 8 



Tasmania 7 



New Zealand 27 



Victoria . 20 



West Australia 1 



EUItOPE. 



Austria-Hungary 172 



Belgium 115 



Bulgaria 1 



Denmark 32 



France 489 



Germany 580 



England 369 



Ireland 42 



Scotland 47 



Wales 5 



Greece 31 



Iceland ; 13 



Italy 221 



Netherlands 81 



Norway 33 



Portugal 38 



Eussia 172 



Servia 1 



Spain..... 29 



Sweden 28 



Switzerland 83 



Turkey 16 



POLYNKSIA. 



Sandwich Islands 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Miscellaneous 



Total 2,908 



RECAPITULATION. 



Africa 



America : 



British America.. 

 Central America. 



Mexico 



West Indies 



South America. . . 



Asia 68 



Australasia 82 



Europe 2,578 



Polynesia 2 



Miscellaneous 7 



Total 2,908 



Comparative table of foreign institutions in correspondence icith the Smith- 

 sonian Institution during the last ten years : 



1872 1,985 



1873 2,145 



1874 2,140 



1875 2,207 



1876 2,275 



1877 2,330 



1878 2,333 



1879 2,481 



1880 2, 602 



1881 2,908 



In the Smithsonian system two distinct branches are represented, 

 namely, the "Foreign Exchange'' and the "Domestic Exchange," to 

 which may be added the "Government Exchange.'- 



