REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 39 
The rapid rate at which the Exchange work is growing is very plainly shown by 
a comparison of these figures with the similar ones of reports since 1886 in the table 
below: 
| . 
| 1886-'87. | 1887-'88. | 1888-’89. 1889-90. | 1890-"91. 
Number of packages received ............-...----- , 61,940 75, 107 75,966 | 82,572 | 90, 666 
Weight of packages received.........-...-------- 141,263 | 149,630 | 179,928 | 202,657) 237,612 
Ledger accounts: | 
MGTIO MI NOGIOUICSe eae see ocean ose ee ela PRE Gee ore 4, 466 5, 131 | 5, 981 
Foreign individuals ...........-..2.2.2---2--+- 3 T3991) 4153| 4,609| 6,340] 7,072 
NN MIGS GIO ROCIOGICA <2 2 ac asc ow a rnn crwnina'ninin a's saiate's 3 o fies is 1, 070 Topo | 1, 431 | 1, 588 
Momeshioundividualss..---2s<2-<206-c see 2 = | ‘ | 1, 556 2, 610 3, 100 4, 207 
Domestic packages sent.........-.....--.+--+----- | 10,208) 12.301] 17,218 | 13,216 | 29, 047 
Invoices written ..............2.-..- ia SO ae | 15,288} 13,525] 14,095| 16,948! 21,928 
CANGS AED DOU RAEORG ace cin win moe che ciers ciel eoigpeinicnlsice 2+ 692 | 663 693 | 873 | 962 
et pAInEeCuIved steed se) eee eee se oe Fae Ty Thee 1,214} 1,509 | 2,207 
eetters written... 2..52.5..2.55. PA LSese? Megan Ae ea ae Uy 1,804: 205011) ds 625 2,417 
EXPENSES. 
The expenses of the Exchange Bureau are met in part by direct appropriation from 
Congress and in part by appropriations made to Government Departments or 
Bureaus, either in the contingent funds or in specified terms for repayment to the 
Smithsonian Institution of a portion of the cost of transportation. To each of the 
Departments or Bureaus sending or receiving publications through the Smithsonian 
Institution a charge of 5 cents per pound weight is made under the authority of a 
resolution by the Board of Regents in 1878, this charge being necessary, as the ap- 
propriation made by Congress directly to the Institution for exchange purposes has 
never been sufficient to meet the entire cost of the work. For similar reasons it has 
been found necessary to make a charge of the same amount to State institutions, from 
which a further small amount has been received. 
The direct appropriation by Congress for the year 1890~91 was in the following 
terms: 
For expenses of the system of International Exchanges between the United States 
and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including 
salaries and compensation of all necessary employés, $17,000. 
The receipts and disbursements by the accounting officer of the Smithsonian In- 
stitution on account of International Exchanges, dated July 1, 1891, for the preced- 
ing fiscal year, were as follows: 
RECEIPTS. 
Direct appropriation by Congress.........-.......... Ree oe aie aes sees $17, 000. 00 
Repayments to the Smithsonian Institution from United States Govern- 
ciyorbth LO) eyes ARUN STO Cee Ae ales Set eS SRE te th Sis A AOS SS eerste 3, 361. 12 
OMLUN UI LDLONSS so nee ee coer e sce Br Sise eee tl ay iis eioe ee aicls 9. 95 
AO USI 2 aes mato 3 ae eater ned bed ocr, okie Saye e Santee eines. 20, 371. 07 
