﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  57 
  

  

  tions. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  boxes 
  shipped 
  abroad 
  was 
  643, 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  

   last 
  year 
  of 
  44 
  boxes. 
  Of 
  these, 
  418 
  were 
  for 
  depositories 
  of 
  full 
  

   sets 
  of 
  United 
  States 
  governmental 
  documents, 
  and 
  225 
  were 
  for 
  de- 
  

   positories 
  of 
  partial 
  sets 
  and 
  for 
  various 
  establishments 
  and 
  indi- 
  

   viduals 
  abroad. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  sent 
  by 
  mail 
  was 
  100,074. 
  

  

  As 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  in 
  previous 
  reports, 
  the 
  war 
  has 
  made 
  it 
  nec- 
  

   essary 
  for 
  the 
  Institution 
  to 
  suspend 
  shipments 
  to 
  many 
  foreign 
  

   countries. 
  However, 
  since 
  last 
  year's 
  report 
  was 
  issued, 
  shipping 
  

   conditions 
  have 
  improved 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  add 
  a 
  

   few 
  countries 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Hemisphere 
  to 
  those 
  to 
  which 
  consign- 
  

   ments 
  are 
  being 
  transmitted. 
  The 
  countries 
  to 
  which 
  shipments 
  were 
  

   being 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1943 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Eastern 
  Hemisphere 
  : 
  

  

  Great 
  Britain 
  and 
  Northern 
  Ireland. 
  

  

  Republic 
  of 
  Ireland 
  (formerly 
  Irish 
  Free 
  State). 
  

  

  Portugal. 
  

  

  Union 
  of 
  Soviet 
  Socialist 
  Republics. 
  

  

  Union 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  India. 
  

  

  Australia. 
  

  

  New 
  Zealand. 
  

   Western 
  Hemisphere 
  : 
  All 
  countries. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  report 
  that 
  packages 
  for 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  

   Western 
  Hemisphere 
  were 
  sent 
  by, 
  mail 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  some 
  de- 
  

   lay 
  in 
  transit 
  due 
  to 
  examination 
  of 
  their 
  contents 
  by 
  the 
  censor. 
  The 
  

   Office 
  of 
  Censorship 
  has 
  been 
  good 
  enough 
  to 
  make 
  special 
  arrange- 
  

   ments 
  whereby 
  packages 
  mailed 
  abroad 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  now 
  pass 
  the 
  postal 
  censor 
  with 
  little 
  delay. 
  

  

  FOREIGN 
  DEPOSITORIES 
  OF 
  GOVERNMENTAL 
  DOCUMENTS 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  sets 
  of 
  United 
  States 
  official 
  publications 
  received 
  

   for 
  transmission 
  abroad 
  through 
  the 
  International 
  Exchange 
  Service 
  

   is 
  91 
  (55 
  full 
  and 
  36 
  partial 
  sets). 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  war 
  conditions 
  it 
  

   is 
  possible 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  to 
  forward 
  only 
  54 
  of 
  these 
  sets. 
  The 
  remain- 
  

   ing 
  37 
  sets 
  are 
  being 
  withheld 
  for 
  the 
  duration. 
  

  

  Through 
  arrangements 
  with 
  the 
  Librarian 
  of 
  Congress, 
  the 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  boxes 
  of 
  governmental 
  documents 
  that 
  had 
  accumulated 
  

   at 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  were 
  overtaxing 
  the 
  limited 
  space 
  here, 
  are 
  

   now 
  stored 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress. 
  

  

  The 
  partial-set 
  depository 
  of 
  the 
  Dominican 
  Eepublic 
  has 
  been 
  

   changed 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Santo 
  Domingo, 
  and 
  the 
  

   depository 
  in 
  Paraguay, 
  to 
  the 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Affairs, 
  Library 
  

   Section, 
  Asuncion. 
  

  

  