40 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
| From Con- | 
| gressional Repay- 
appro- | ments. 
| priations. 
Salaries andicompensation::<<s2t2- cecmeasentsio sey feniae setae acts scsi rare sees | $14, 159. 46 
d th 2) (911) (ae ee ee ene ees SA oer. se he ee eee TGee Oro Aeon ETI ----| 1,298.33 | 
Packing Woxes. 2: Soar teks pose eee ee ake sisi eer aiay telecine sc sich eames eae | 758. 16 
J RUDD Ae Gonna beeaCOUEAC oe S005 DoS aun IE Gp EaOR ESE AMS REe gaan ane ae neue ab esos ac 189, 05 
| | 
ROSCA OCs miais aie e)s sels oistsyatae ya's slo eae amines eeepc ae sm ae Fad hye aaheye cuacetne taro ere este tl 184.58 
SUMMGW ETc eassasnsneocéceoseeodeosose SSSR 5H GERCDS a poebatlob on dboecoodspanescs 410. 42 | 
Incr entalsycecsaclsrce secs eciec ees A ne ee aye ee nese oa lbccnescscene 
17,000.00 $3, 382. 21 
The above table shows that the entire amount received from Government Bureaus 
was $3,371.07, making the sum practically appropriated $20,371.07. Previous reports 
have pointed out the desirability of combining in a single item the various appro- 
priations for the Exchange service, now divided in comparatively small sums among 
several of the large appropriation bills. For the year 1890-91 an estimate for the 
entire expense of the service of $29,500* was submitted, this sum being intended to 
include these smaller amounts alluded to and also an item of $2,000 to cover the ex- 
pense of an immediate exchange of Parliamentary documents with the countries 
entering into the treaty of Brussels of 1886, as well as to provide for a proper com- 
pensation to several of the larger steamship companies for transportation of freight, 
a service now performed without charge. The amount appropriated was $17,000, an 
increase of $2,000 over that of the preceding fiscal year. 
CORRESPONDENTS. 
The name of each correspondent of the Bureau, whether society, institution, or 
individual, is entered upon a large card, which shows all packages received at the 
Bureau for the person or institution and also the packages sent to the Bureau for 
distribution. These cards have now accumulated to the number of 18,848, divided 
into foreign societies, foreign individuals, domestic societies, and domestic individ- 
uals. The individuals that have died and the societies that have ceased to exist are 
still retained for convenience of reference in the same file. 
Foreign. | Domestic. 
Hociobiesiand instijubion see eecenc ae ee ces arene etree cielo oe ae eee ee 5, 981 1, 588 
ni dliisva dir all sis eeet eee sae eae sas Ace eo tect in am a nncicisiciet hee cee eee oe | 7, 072 | 4, 207 
ERG Veet ke eee See ae Ee ad re No Ls SA ard eae 13, 053 | 5, 795 
A comparison with similar figures for 1889-90 shows a total increase of 2,846 
cards. 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. 
Under the treaty, the text of which was given in full in Dr. Kidder’s Report on 
Exchanges for the year 1887-88, the exchange of the official publications of the 
United States Government with the other Governments adhering to the treaty, is 
conducted through the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of International Exchanges, 
*See report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1890, pages 18and 19. 
