REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF EXCHANGES. 



II. — Receipts for domestic transmission. 



61 



Number of 

 boxes. 



Number of 

 parcels, j 



"Weight. 



From Australia 



Lelsiuni 



Brazil 



East Indies 



France 



Germany 



Great Britain 



For Library of Congress. 



nolland 



Italy 



Portugal 



Norway 



Kussiii 



Smithsonian Institution 



Switzerland 



2 

 5 



*«l 

 1 



14 

 34 

 23 

 15 

 o 



2 

 1 

 2 



4 



Total. 



32 



213 



87 



14 



1,027 



2,542 



1,3G9 



87 



58 



1 



151 



258 



1,937 



114 



7,890 



Pounds. 



50 



1,760 



980 



100 



3,243 



8,178 



6,808 



2, 855 



340 



410 



31 



405 



780 



7,101 



250 



33,291 



III. — Receipts for government exchanges. 



From tho Public Printer : 300 sets, of 50 copies each, of the public 

 documeuts printed by order of Congress Copies, lJ),OO0. 



EEC APITULATION. 



Weighe. 



n, 



For foreign transmission : 



1. From government departments 



2. From scientific societies 



3. From individuals. 



4. From Smithsonian Institution. 

 For domestic transmission 



Total 



Pounds. 



22, 903 



6,81(J 



2,937 



17, 499 



33,291 



83,446 



Transmission of exchanges. 



The transmission of exchanges is ordinarily in direct proportion to 

 the receipts. The year 1880, however, made, in a measure, an excep- 

 tion to this general rule, owing partly to a reorganization of the depart- 

 ment and partly to an unusual augmentation of the receipts during the 

 latter portion of the year, thus requiriug an extra efibrt during the year 

 1881 not to fall behind in the transmission. This end has been attained, 

 and the result now presented is favorable in every respect. All former 

 accumulations have been worked off*, and by giving immediate attention 

 to the constantly incoming material nothing has been allowed to accu- 

 mulate, and thus the working force in this department is fully prepared 

 to transmit i^romptly any exchanges immediately upon receipt. 



