66 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 



During the year a request was received through diplomatic channels from 

 the Government of Lourengo Marquez for certain official publications of the 

 United States, to be deposited in the Government Library of that province. 

 This request was complied with, and the first shipment was made on December 

 30, 1905. This is the only addition to the list of depositories of partial sets 

 during the year 190G. In exchange for these documents the authorities of 

 Portuguese East Africa have stated that there would be sent to the United 

 States not only the publications of Lourengo Marquez, but also those of the 

 Province of Mozambique as well as of the different chartered companies. 



The complete list of depositories of partial sets is as follows : 

 Austria-Hungary : Biirgermeister der Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt, Vienna. 

 Bolivia : United States Minister, La Paz. 

 British Columbia : Legislative Library, Victoria. 

 Bulgaria : IMinlster of Foreign Affairs, Sofia. 

 Ceylon : Unite<l States consul, Colombo. 

 Egypt : Bibliotheque Khediviale, Cairo. 

 Germany : Grossherzogliche Hof-Bibliothek, Darmstadt. 

 Germany : Seuatskommissiou fiir die Reichs- und auswiirtigen Angelenheiten, 



Hamburg. 

 Germany : Foreign Office, Bremen. 

 Guatemala : Secretary of the Government, Guatemala. 

 Honduras : Secretary of the Government, Tegucigalpa. 

 Jamaica : Colonial Secretary, Kingston. 



Loureugo Marquez : Government Library, Loureugo Marquez. 

 Malta : Lieutenant-Governor, Valetta. 

 Newfoundland: Colonial Secretary, St. Johns. 

 New Brunswick : Legislative Library, St. John. 

 Natal : Colonial Governor, Pietermaritzburg. 

 Nicaragua : Superintendeute de Archivos Nacionales, Managua. 

 Nova Scotia : Legislative Library, Halifax. 

 Northwest Territories : Government Library, Regi^ia. 

 Orange River Colony : Government Library, Bloemfontein. 

 Prince Edward Island : Legislative Library, Charlottetown. 

 Paraguay : Oficina General de Informacioues y Canjes y Commisaria General 



de Inmigracion, Asuncion. 

 Roumania : Academia Romana, Bukharest. 

 Salvador : Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, San Salvador. 

 Straits Settlements : Colonial Secretary, Singapore. 

 Siam : Foreign Office, Bangkok. 



The chief clerk of this office, Mr. W. I. Adams, was, on June 12, 1905. tem- 

 porarily transferred to the Smithsonian Institution as disbursing agent, though 

 the International Exchanges has profited by his experience and advice on 

 numerous occasions. 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, who was acting curator of Exchanges since February 1, 

 1901, terminated his services with this office on June 30, 1905, and resumed his 

 duties in the Bureau of American Ethnology. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the work of the Exchanges has increased over 

 last year and the force has been reduced, the business of the office, in all its 

 branches, was up to date at the end of the yeai', there being no accumulations 

 on hand. 



To those correspondents abroad who give their personal attention and doubt- 

 less often expend private means in furthering the interests of the International 



