50 ANNUAL, REPOKT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1911. 



There are at present 29 countries with which the immediate exchange of 

 the official journal is carried on. To some of these countries two copies of 

 the Congressional Record are sent — one to the upper and one to the lower 

 house of parliament — the total number transmitted being 34. 



It may be repeated in this connection that the exchange here alluded to is 

 separate and distinct from the exchange of official documents which has 

 existed between the United States and other countries for many years. It 

 is interparliamentary, and provides for the immediate transmission, direct by 

 mail, of the official journal as soon as published. 



LIST OF BUREAUS OR AGENCIES THROUGH WHICH EXCHANGES ARE TRANSMITTED. 



The following is a list of bureaus or agencies through which the distribution 

 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 : Comision Protectora de Bibliotecas Populares, Reconquista 538, 



Buenos Aires. 

 Austria : K. K. Statistische Central-Commission, Vienna. 

 Azores, via Portugal. 



Barbados: Imperial Department of Agriculture, Bridgetown. 

 Belgium : Service Beige des Echanges Internationaux, Rue du Musee 5, Brus- 

 sels. 

 Bolivia : Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, La Paz. 

 Brazil : Servigo de Perniutacoes Internacionaes, Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de 



Janeiro. 

 British Colonies : Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. 1 

 British Guiana : Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society, Georgetown. 

 British Honduras : Colonial Secretary, Belize. ; 



Bulgaria : Institutions Scientifiques de S. M. le Roi de Bulgarie, Sofia. 

 Canary Islands, via Spain. 



Cape Colony: Government Stationery Department, Cape Town. 

 Chile: Servicio de Canjes Internacionales, Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago. 

 China : Zi-ka-wei Observatory, Shanghai. 

 Colombia : Oficina de Canjes Internacionales y Reparto, Biblioteca Nacional, 



Bogota. 

 Costa Rica : Oficina de Deposito y Canje de Publicaciones, San Jose. 

 Denmark: Kongelige Danske Yidenskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen. 

 Dutch Guiana : Surinaamsche Koloniale Bibliotheek, Paramaribo. 

 Ecuador: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Quito. 

 Egypt: Director-General, Survey Department, Giza (Mudiria). 

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



Paris. 

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

 Great Britain and Ireland: Messrs. William Wesley & Son, 23 Essex Street, 



Strand, London. 

 Greece : Bibliotheque Nationale, Athens. 

 Greenland, via Denmark. 



1 This method is employed for communicating with several of the British coloniea 

 with which no medium is available for forwarding exchanges direct. 



