188 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1958 
The publications received from foreign sources for addressees in 
the United States and from domestic sources for shipment abroad 
are classified as shown in the following table: 
Classification Packages Weight 
Number | Number | Pounds | Pounds 
United States parliamentary documents sent abroad___--__---- 590; 300) | pene eeee ee 225,300 | seers 
Publications received in return for parliamentary documents |-_--------- $5226 \|= sees Se 13, 385 
United States departmental documents sent abrcad__.__.____-- 2215 460) eee eens 187,605" |22sceeee 
Publications received in return for departmental documents__--|---------- i fe’ AA! at fare 2 16, 742 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications sent abroad_.-| 198,141 |.---.----- 199,968 |S Sees. 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications recelved from 
abroad for distribution in the United States_.._._..........____]---------- 695386))|22aeeeaeos 100, 264 
Hr) 2) aa a ae oly SPOS RP AP ae Tae me PPTL | lee Yee wea 1, 009, 967 84,831 | 612, 938 130, 391 
Granditotalecs.22 22h oe. oe eS eee 1, 094, 798 743, 329 
The packages of publications are forwarded to the exchange bu- 
reaus of foreign countries by freight or, where shipment by such 
means is impractical, to the foreign addressees by direct mail. Dis- 
tribution 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 3,082, or 50 less than for the 
previous year. Of these boxes 999 were for depositories of full sets 
of United States Government documents, these publications being 
furnished in exchange for the official publications of foreign govern- 
ments which are received for deposit in the Library of Congress. The 
weight of packages forwarded by mail and by means other than 
freight was 271,560 pounds. 
There was allocated to the International Exchange Service for 
transportation $31,800. With this amount it was possible to effect 
the shipment of 818,887 pounds, which was 40,184 pounds less than 
was shipped in the previous year. However, approximately 6,891 
pounds of the full sets of United States Government documents ac- 
cumulated during the year because the Library of Congress had re- 
quested suspension of shipment to certain foreign depositories. 
During the year, ocean freight rates per cubic foot continued at the 
1957 level. However, on November 5, 1957, a number of carriers 
filed a special rate for hauling books and periodicals to the Baltimore 
piers amounting to about a 20 percent reduction. 
With the exception of those to Taiwan, no shipments are being 
made to China, North Korea, Outer Mongolia, and Communist-con- 
trolled area of Viet-Nam, or Communist-controlled area of Laos. 
