198 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
The packages of publications are forwarded to the exchange bureaus 
of foreign countries by freight or, where shipment by such means is 
impractical, to the foreign addressees by direct mail. Distribution 
in the United States of the publications received through the foreign 
exchange bureaus is accomplished primarily by mail, but by other 
means when more economical. The number of boxes shipped to the 
foreign exchange bureaus was 2,840, or 242 less than for the previous 
year. Of these boxes, 899 were for depositories of full sets of U.S. 
Government documents, these publications being furnished in ex- 
change for the official publications of foreign governments which are 
received for deposit in the Library of Congress. The weight of 
packages forwarded by mail and by means other than freight was 
271,372 pounds. 
There was allocated to the International Exchange Service for 
transportation $30,294.47. With this amount it was possible to effect 
the shipment of 784,571 pounds, which was 34,316 pounds less than 
was shipped in the previous year. However, approximately 7,374 
pounds of the full sets of U.S. Government documents accumulated 
during the year because the Library of Congress had requested 
suspension of shipment to certain foreign depositories. 
During the year, ocean freight rates per cubic foot continued at the 
1958 level. The transportation cost for hauling books and periodicals 
to the Baltimore piers also remained at the 1958 level. 
With the exception of those to Taiwan, no shipments are being made 
to China, North Korea, and Communist-controlled area of Vietnam. 
FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF GOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 
The number of sets of U.S. official publications received by the 
Exchange Service for transmission abroad in return for the official 
publications sent by foreign governments for deposit in the Library 
of Congress is now 106 (63 full and 43 partial sets), listed below. 
Changes that occurred during the year are shown in the footnotes. 
DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS 
ARGENTINA: Divisién Biblioteca, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, 
Buenos Aires. 
AUSTRALIA: Commonwealth National Library, Canberra. 
New SourH WALES: Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 
QUEENSLAND: Parliamentary Library, Brisbane. 
SoutH AusTRALIA: Public Library of South Australia, Adelaide. 
TASMANIA: Parliamentary Library, Hobart. 
Vicrorta: Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 
WESTERN AUSTRALIA: State Library, Perth. 
Austria: Administrative Library, Federal Chancellery, Vienna. 
BreiaiumM: Bibliothéque Royale, Bruxelles. 
BraziL: Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 
