Appendix 3. 



REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 

 tions of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1917. 



The regular congressional appropriation for the support of the 

 service during the year, including the allotment for printing and 

 binding, was $32,200, but in order to enable the Institution to meet 

 the very high ocean freight rates on foreign shipments Congress 

 granted an additional appropriation of $3,500. The repayments 

 from departmental and other establishments aggregated $3,687.58, 

 making the total available resources for carrying on the system of 

 exchanges $39,387.58. 



During the year 1917 the total number of packages handled was 

 268,625, which weighed 290,193 pounds. 



The number and weight of the packages of different classes are in- 

 dicated in the following table : 



As referred to in previous reports, many returns for publications 

 sent abroad reach their destinations in this country direct by mail 

 and not through the exchange service. 



Shipments are still suspended to Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria. Ger- 

 many, Hungary, Montenegro, Roumania, Russia, Serbia, and Turkey. 

 Shipments both to and from Germany, which were arranged by the 



(.2 



