54 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Tabula?- statement of the work of the International E.rchange Service during the 



fiscal year 1904-5. 



K Decrease. 



Tlie following table .shows the number of packages of exchanges handled and 

 the increa.se in the number of correspondents each year from 1898 to 1905 : 



Number of packages re 



ceived- 



Weight of i)ackages re 



ceived pounds 



Correspondents: 



Foreign societies 



Foreign individuals 



Domestic societies 



Domestic individuals 



Packages to domestic ad 



dresses _ 



Cases shipped abroad 



1898-99. 



97,8.35 



317,883 



10,322 

 13,378 

 2,596 

 4,673 



30,645 

 1,500 



1899-1900. 



113,563 



409,991 



10,845 

 15,:385 

 2,721 

 5,(KK) 



28, 635 

 1,768 



1900-1. 



414 



277 



395 

 261 

 996 

 153 



367 



757 



1901-2. 



125,796 



39(), 418 



11,760 

 17,701 

 3, 182 

 ,5, .557 



33,961 



1,847 



1902-3. 



1.50,217 



.5.59, 718 



13, 121 

 21,:«3 

 3,319 

 6,340 



33,980 

 2,461 



1903-4. 



1.58,983 



481,410 



13,2.57 

 24, 901 

 3,464 

 6,4.50 



38,702 



1,987 



1904-5. 



165, 7.53 



474,871 



14,018 



27, 263 



3,574 



7,025 



44,898 

 2,027 



The total number of correspondents has increased from year to year until 

 the aggregate is now 51,880, or 3.808 more than at the conclusion of the fiscal 

 year 1903-4. The correspondents in the United States number 10,599, and 

 those in all other countries 41,281. Of the latter number organized bodies main- 

 taining libraries number 14,018, and those clas.jified as individuals aggregate 

 27,203. 



