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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  194 
  3 
  

  

  FOREIGN 
  EXCHANGE 
  AGENCIES 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  information 
  for 
  those 
  making 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  facilities 
  

   of 
  the 
  International 
  Exchange 
  Service 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  their 
  

   publications 
  in 
  India, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  stated 
  that 
  since 
  the 
  inauguration 
  

   of 
  the 
  Provincial 
  Autonomy 
  authorized 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  India 
  

   Act 
  of 
  1935 
  (which 
  did 
  not 
  come 
  into 
  force 
  until 
  several 
  years 
  there- 
  

   after), 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Government 
  Printing 
  and 
  Stationery 
  

   in 
  Bombay 
  no 
  longer 
  acts 
  as 
  the 
  distributing 
  exchange 
  agency 
  for 
  

   British 
  India, 
  which 
  work 
  it 
  had 
  conducted 
  since 
  1918. 
  Except 
  in 
  

   a 
  few 
  instances 
  where 
  the 
  governments 
  of 
  other 
  provinces 
  reimburse 
  

   the 
  Bombay 
  Agency 
  for 
  expenses 
  incurred 
  in 
  transmitting 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  governmental 
  offices, 
  the 
  exchange 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  Super- 
  

   intendent 
  of 
  Government 
  Printing 
  and 
  Stationery 
  now 
  are 
  confined 
  

   to 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  packages 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Bombay. 
  To 
  other 
  

   provinces 
  packages 
  are 
  sent 
  direct 
  from 
  Washington 
  by 
  mail. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  given 
  below 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  bureaus 
  or 
  agencies 
  to 
  which 
  con- 
  

   signments 
  are 
  forwarded 
  in 
  boxes 
  by 
  freight 
  when 
  the 
  Service 
  is 
  in 
  

   full 
  operation. 
  To 
  all 
  countries 
  not 
  appearing 
  in 
  the 
  list, 
  packages 
  

   are 
  sent 
  to 
  their 
  destinations 
  through 
  the 
  mails. 
  As 
  stated 
  previously, 
  

   shipments 
  are 
  sent 
  during 
  wartime 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  agencies 
  in 
  those 
  coun- 
  

   tries 
  listed 
  on 
  page 
  57. 
  

  

  II 
  ST 
  OF 
  AGENCIES 
  

  

  Algeria, 
  via 
  France. 
  

  

  Angola, 
  via 
  Portugal. 
  

  

  Azores, 
  via 
  Portugal. 
  

  

  Belgium 
  : 
  Service 
  Beige 
  des 
  Echanges 
  Internationaux, 
  Bibliotheque 
  Royale 
  de 
  

  

  Belgique, 
  Bruxelles. 
  

   Canary 
  Islands, 
  via 
  Spain. 
  

  

  China 
  : 
  Bureau 
  of 
  International 
  Exchange, 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Education, 
  Chungking. 
  

   Czechoslovakia 
  : 
  Service 
  des 
  Echanges 
  Internationaux, 
  Bibliotheque 
  de 
  l'Asseru- 
  

  

  bl£e 
  Nationale, 
  Prague 
  1-79. 
  

   Denmark 
  : 
  Service 
  Danois 
  des 
  Echanges 
  Internationaux, 
  Kongelige 
  Danske 
  

  

  Videnskabernes 
  Selskab, 
  Copenhagen 
  V. 
  

   Egypt 
  : 
  Government 
  Press, 
  Publications 
  Office, 
  Bulaq, 
  Cairo. 
  

   Finland: 
  Delegation 
  of 
  the 
  Scientific 
  Societies 
  of 
  Finland, 
  Kasarngatan 
  24, 
  

  

  Helsinki. 
  

   France: 
  Service 
  Frangais 
  des 
  Echanges 
  Internationaux, 
  110 
  Rue 
  de 
  Grenelle, 
  

  

  Paris. 
  

   Germany: 
  Amerika-Institut, 
  Universitatstrasse 
  8, 
  Berlin, 
  N. 
  W. 
  7. 
  

   Great 
  Britain 
  and 
  Ireland: 
  Wheldon 
  & 
  Wesley, 
  721 
  North 
  Circular 
  Road, 
  

  

  Willesden, 
  London, 
  N. 
  W. 
  2. 
  

   Hungary: 
  Hungarian 
  Libraries 
  Board, 
  Ferenciektere 
  5, 
  Budapest, 
  TV. 
  

   India 
  : 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Government 
  Printing 
  and 
  Stationery, 
  Bombay. 
  

   Italy: 
  Ufficio 
  degli 
  Scambi 
  Internazionali, 
  Ministero 
  dell'Educazione 
  Nazionale. 
  

  

  Rome. 
  

   Japan: 
  International 
  Exchange 
  Service, 
  Imperial 
  Library 
  of 
  Japan, 
  Uyeno 
  Park, 
  

  

  Tokyo. 
  

  

  