68 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



As new countries are constantly being added, the sets for the depositories desig- 

 nated under the last resolution are not forwarded simultaneously with those originally 

 provided, but are delivered to the Institution from the Library of Congress and are 

 dispatched with the next succeeding consignments of miscellaneous exchanges. 



Messrs. William Wesley & Son and Dr. Joseph von Korosy continue to represent 

 the Institution in Great Britain and Hungary, respectively, but, as above mentioned, 

 a new agent, in the person of Mr. Karl W. Hiersemann, has been appointed to suc- 

 ceed the late Doctor Fliigel in Germany. To these gentlemen, who are compensated 

 by the Institution for their services, to the many individuals and institutions who 

 render valuable aid in the promotion of the exchange service at large, and to Mr. 

 Charles A. King, deputy collector of the port of New York, the grateful acknowledg- 

 ments of the Smithsonian Institution are due. 



Mr. W. Irving Adams, chief clerk of the International Exchange Service, returned 

 on May 30, 1904, from a journey to Europe, undertaken for the purpose of promoting 

 the interest of the service. It gives me pleasure to say that his observations will 

 result in enlarging the scope of the Exchange Service and in inaugurating many 

 improvements. 



Permit me to commend the efficient manner in which the work of the Exchanges 

 has been conducted by the office force under the immediate supervision of Mr. Adams, 

 and, in his absence, under Mr. F. V. Berry. The increased work of the service, 

 brought about by its growing usefulness, has sometimes been almost overwhelming, 

 nevertheless there has been no undue delay in the transmission and distribution of 

 the many thousands of packages handled and recorded during the year. 



Respectfully submitted. 



F. W. Hodge, 

 Acting Curator of Exchanges. 



Mr. S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



July 1, 1904. 



