APPENDIX 6 



REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE 

 SERVICE 



Sir: I beg to submit the following report on the activities of the 

 International Exchange Service during the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1938: 



The amount granted by Congress for that year was $44,260, the 

 same as appropriated for 1937. The collections from repayments 

 were $3,577.12, making the total resources available $47,837.12. 



The number of packages handled was 719,121, a gain of 61,775. 

 The weight was 656,119 pounds, an increase of 4,658 pounds. 



The number and weight of packages sent and received through 

 the Exchange Service is given below : 



There were shipped abroad 2,639 boxes, an increase of 19 over the 

 preceding year. Of these boxes, 538 were for depositories of full 

 sets of United States governmental documents, and the remainder 

 (2,101) were for distribution to miscellaneous establishments and 

 individuals. There were transmitted by mail 111,475 packages, an 

 increase over last year of 24,179. 



For a number of years the government franking privilege has been 

 in existence between the United States and Canada, Cuba, Mexico, 

 Newfoundland, and Panama, and exchange packages for these coun- 

 tries, therefore, have been sent direct to their destinations by mail 

 and not through the exchange bureaus in the respective countries. 

 In recent months this privilege has been extended. The complete 

 list of the countries with which this privilege is now in effect is as 



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