APPENDIX 3. 
REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 
tions of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1914: 
The congressional appropriation for the support of the service 
during the year, including the allotment for printing and binding, 
was $32,200 (the same amount as appropriated for the past six 
years), and the repayments from private and departmental sources 
for services rendered aggregated $5,264.18, making the total available 
resources for carrying on the exchange system $37,464.18. 
During the year 1914 the total number of packages handled was 
341,667, an increase of 3,046 as compared with the preceding year. 
The weight of these packages was 566,985 pounds, a decrease of 
26,984 pounds. 
The number and weight of the packages of different classes are 
indicated in the following table: 
Packages. Weight. 
Sent. |Received.| Sent. Received. 
Pounds. | Pounds. 
United States parliamentary documents sent abroad.......-.- TSI 469 ioe ce oo ae 04 700 lisscaese se 
Publications received in return for parliamentary documents.|......-..- 2/1085 |ee eee see 9,913 
United States departmental documents sent abroad......-.... OOF B20 so sae coe at 1995198) |e 22s seems 
Publications received in return for departmental documents. .}.-...-.-.- 83 904-bentee keen 19, 080 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications sent abroad.} 60,844 |..........- ISOS524. |S octecceeces 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications received 
from abroad for distribution in the United States........|......-.-- 95; 43 Ie Rete eeee 113, 511 
Wie Se eee eRe Ser eee eee a ae ee oe | 292, 139 49,528 | 424,481 142, 504 
Grariditotales teeth: Sees eee Ree ee nee k sae 341, 667 566,985 
In April, 1914, the American-Chinese Publication Exchange De- 
partment of the Shanghai Bureau of Foreign Affairs, which was 
designated a few years ago by the Chinese Government as the 
depository of the set of United States governmental documents 
sent to that Government, signified its willingness to accept pack- 
ages for miscellaneous addresses throughout the Chinese Republic 
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