REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 55 
Straits Settlements: Colonial Secretary, Singapore. 
Siam: Department of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok. 
Vienna: Biirgermeister der Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt. 
CORRESPONDENTS. 
The record of exchange correspondents at the close of the year contained 
62,630 addresses, being an increase of 2,507 over the preceding year. A table 
showing the number of correspondents in each country at the close of 1907 will 
be found in the report for that year. 
LIST OF BUREAUS OR AGENCIES THROUGH WHICH BXCHANGES ARH TRANSMITTED. 
Following is a list of bureaus or agencies abroad through which the distribu- 
tion of exchanges is effected. Those in the larger and many in the smaller 
countries forward to the Smithsonian Institution in return contributions for 
distribution in the United States: 
Algeria, via France. 
Angola, via Portugal. 
Argentina: Presidente de la Comisién Protectora de Bibliotecas Populares, 
Ministerio de InstrucciOn Publica, Buenos Aires. 
Austria: K. K. Statistische Central-Commission, Vienna. 
Azores, via Portugal. 
Barbados: Imperial Department of Agriculture, Bridgetown. 
Belgium: Service Belge des Echanges Internationaux, Brussels. 
Bermuda. (Sent by mail.) 
Bolivia: Oficina Nacional de Inmigraci6n, Hstadistica y Propaganda Geografica, 
ha Paz. 
Brazil: Servico de Permutacdes Internacionaes, Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de 
Janeiro. 
British Colonies: Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.? 
British Guiana: Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society, Georgetown. 
British Honduras: Colonial Secretary, Belize. 
Bulgaria: Institutions et Bibliothéque Scientifiques de S. A. R. le Prince de 
Bulgarie, Sofia. 
Canada. (Sent by mail.) 
Canary Islands, via Spain. 
Cape Colony: Government Stationery Department, Cape Town. 
Chile: Servicio de Canjes Interracionales, Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago. 
China: Zi-ka-wei Observatory, Shanghai. 
Colombia: Oficina de Canjes Internacionales y Reparto, Biblioteca Nacional, 
Bogota. 
Costa Rica: Oficina de Depdésito y Canje de Publicaciones, San José. 
Cuba. (Sent by mail.) 
Denmark: Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen. 
Dutch Guiana: Surinaamsche Koloniale Bibliotheek, Paramaribo. 
Ecuador: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Quito. 
Egypt: Director-General, Survey Department, Giza (Mudiria). 
France: Service Francais des changes Internationaux, Paris. 
Friendly Islands. (Sent by mail.) 
Germany: Karl W. Hiersemann, K6nigsstrasse 29, Leipzig. 
@This method is employed for communicating with several of the British 
colonies with which no medium is available for forwarding exchanges direct. 
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