HISTORY OF THE SMITHSONIAN EXCHANGES. 723 



ployed as centers for the collection of publications designed to be sent 

 to the Institution. In the Smithsonian report for 1878 it was announced 

 that— 



"Of late years in certain countries these labors have been materially 

 lightened by a iiortion of the exchange being undertaken by some learned 

 society, or by the government. These, being constituted Smithsonian 

 agents in their respective countries, receive whatever may be sent them 

 for distribution, collect the returns and transmit them, thus giving to the 

 Institution the benefit of an intelligent superintendence of the work. 

 The first of these organizations was that established some years ago by 

 the University of Christiania, Norway, and by Holland in the patronage 

 of the Scientific Bureau at Harlem under the efficient supervision of ©r. 

 E. H. Von Baumhauer. During the ijast year a similar organization 

 has been eifected for Belgium, and it is hoped that their number wiU 

 continue to increase. Even now, without any formal arrangement to 

 that effect, the Academies of Science of Stockholm, of Copenhagen, of 

 Madrid, and of Milan, discharge the services of agents of the Institution 

 for their respective countries." 



Present List of Foreign Centers of Distribution. 



Argentine Republic. — Museo Publico, Buenos Ayres. 

 Austria-Hungary. — Dr. Felix Fliigel, Leipsic. 

 Bavaria. — Dr. Felix Fliigel, Leipsic. 



Belgium. — Commission Beige des Echanges Int^rnationaux, Brussels. 

 ^ra»si7.— Commission of International Exchange, Eio Janeiro. 

 British Guiana. — Observatory, Georgetown. 



Canada. — McGUl CoUege, Montreal ; Geological Survey of Canada, 

 Ottawa. 



Cape Colonies. — WUliam Wesley, London, England. 



Chili. — IJniversidad, Santiago. 



China. — United States consul-general, Shanghai. 



Costa Bica. — Universidad, San Jos6. 



BenmarJc. — K. D, Vjdenskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen. 



Dutch Guiana. — Koloniaale Bibliotheek, Surinam. 



East Indies. — William Wesley, London, England. 



Ecuador. — Observatorio, Quito. 



Egypt. — Institut lEgyptien, Cairo. 



Finland. — F. A. Brockhaus, Leipsic, Germany. 



France. — Commission Franyaise des ^changes lutemationaux, Paris. 



Germany. — Dr. Felix Fliigel, Leipsic. 



Great Britain. — William Wesley, London. 



Greece. — Biblioth^que Rationale, Athens. 



Guatemala. — Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais, Guatemala. 



Hayti. — Secretaire d'fitat des Eelations Ext<5rieures, Port-au-Prince. 



Iceland. — Islands Stiptisbokasafn, Reykjavik. 



Italy. — Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele, Eome. 



