REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF EXCHANGES. 59 



Anchor Stearasliip Company, Compa^nieG(5n^raleTransatlantique, Cun- 

 ard Stearasliip Company, Ilainbnrg-Anieric.au Packet Conii)aiiy, Iiniian 

 Steamship Company, Merchants' J^ine of iSteamers, Netherlands-Ameii- 

 can Steam Navigation Company, New York and Brazil Steamship Com- 

 I)any, New York and Mexico Steamship Company, North German Lluyd 

 Steamship Company, Pacilic iMail Steamship Company, l*acihc Steam 

 Navigation Company, Pan ami^Eaihoad Company, lied Star Line, Steam- 

 ship Lines for Brazil, Texas, Fkirida, and Nassau, N. P., Wliite Cross 

 Line of steamers of Antwerj), 



The transmission of the Smithsonian exchanges has been effected 

 through the following- named parties. 



Country. 



Sbipping agents. 



Antigua j Thomas Dcunison, Xow York. 



Argentine Republic | Consul Carlos Cananza, Kew York. 



Belgium i lied Star Line, Peter Wright and Sons, New York; White Cross 



Line, Funeh, Ed.vc & Co., New York. 



Brazil i Charles Mackall, viee-consul, Baltimore. 



Chile Consnl-General C. do Castro, Xew York. 



Costa Rica I Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Xew York. 



Cuba j Hipolito do Friarte, cousulgeneial I'or Spain, Xow York. 



Denmark I Henrik Braem, consul-general, New York. 



Ecuador i Frnncis Spies, consul, New York. 



Egypt ; S. L. Merchant & Co. , New York. 



France ' < "ompai.'uie Generale Transatlantique, L. de Btibian. New York. 



Germany ! North German Lloyd, Oelrichs & Co., New York, and Schumacher Sz. 



Co., Baltimore. 

 Great Britain Cnnard Stiamship Companv, Vernon Brown & Co., New York ; North 



i Genuau Llovd. Schumacher Ji, Co., Baltimore. 



Greece • Consul D. H. Botassi, New York. 



Guatemala I Consul Jacob Baez, New York. 



Hayti Atlas Steamship Comp;iny , Pim, Eorwood fc Co., New York. 



Italy M. RafVo, consul-general. New York. 



Japan i Consul-Gener.Tl Samro Takalci, New York. 



Mexico ' Consiil-General Juau N. Navarro, New York. 



Netherlands Netherlands- American Sttara Navigation Company, H. Cazeaus, 



New York. 



New South Wales I R. W. Cameion & Co., New York. 



New Zealand ' R. W. Cameron & Co., New York. 



Norway I Consul-Geneial Christian Bors, New York. 



Portugal ' Con.sul-General Gustav Amaink, New York. 



Queensland I North German Lloyd, Schumacher & Co., B.altimore ; transfer madu 



I at Queensland depai'tment, Loudon, England. 

 Russia I Hamburg- American P.icket Company, Kuuhardt & Co., New York; 



I transl'er madeby consul-general of Russia, Hambuig. 



South Australia I R. W. Cameron & Co.. New" York. 



Spain ' Consul-General Hipolito ("e Uriarte, New York. 



Sweden ! Gonsul-Genoral Christian Bors, Now York. 



Switzerland North Gemian Lloyd. Schumacher &, Co. Baltimore ; transfer niadd 



I by Consul-General vou Heyniann, in Bremen. 



Turkey Turkisli Embassy, Washington, D. C. 



Tasmania • Noilh German Lloyd, Schumacher & Co., Baltimore; transfer ma-de 



' bv Crown agentsfor the colonies, London, England. 



Venezuela ! Dallct, Boulton & Co.. New York. 



Vict oria R. W. Cameron &. Co. , New York. 



West Indies Pacific Mail Steamshii> Company, New York. 



1 ^ 



1. Receipt and distribution of exchanges. 



At no time in the history of the Smithsonian Institution, even during- 

 the Centennial Exhibition of the United States, in Philadel])hia, in 1870, 

 and in the year following, has the increase in the receipt and distribu- 

 tion of the Smithsonian exchanges been so marked as in the ])ast year. 

 In 1877, when largo presentations of documents were made in return for 

 the many donations made by the various nations, through their represen- 

 tatives, and collections of books forwarded at the request of the respec- 



