APPENDIX 6 
REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 
ties of the International Exchange Service for the fiscal year ended 
June 30, 1946: 
From the appropriation general expenses, Smithsonian Institution, 
there was allocated at the beginning of the year $28,166 for the ex- 
penses of the Service. After conditions became favorable for the safe 
transmission to some of the countries where exchanges had been 
suspended during the war, the Institution requested and was granted 
a deficiency appropriation of $47,000. This increased the available 
appropriation to $75,166. As it was not possible to make shipments 
to all the previously suspended countries, the total expenditure amount- 
ed to only about $48,080.25. 
The number of packages received for transmission during the year 
was 540,502, an increase over the previous year of 153,744. The weight 
of these packages was 472,229 pounds, an increase of 261,189. The 
average weight of the individual package is almost double that of the 
previous year—an indication that the institutions are shipping some 
of the material held during the war. The material is classified as 
shown in the following table: 
Packages Weight 
Sent Received Sent Received 
from from 
abroad abroad abroad abroad 
E Pounds Pounds 
United States parliamentary documents sent abroad__--____]| 319,036 |_-__________ ADT Sbor eaee eeeees 
Publications received in return for parliamentary docu- 
NONE a oa ta en ee eS OE 25260" |eeceeanaes 6, 485 
United States departmental documents sent abroad_______- YAR tN Pee ee 1p 9S5| 22a = eee 
Publications received in return for departmental documents_|_________- 4.0432 st8 a te 12, 411 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications sent 
COV pEVG LL tela ghee Ai in a Pn etch at. Eerie ype aeiodn 9a ett T2208; | seeee ee ae TSA ADO un ec eee 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications received 
from abroad for distribution in the United States________|----_____- 204 Oa ne 65, 183 
AWG NL = Eee phe 8 ce STE oe eee cee pee or eee eed 513, 695 26, 807 388, 220 84, 079 
Grangditotalecem amen: 58s eee eS alo re We ee 540, 502 472, 299 
The packages are forwarded partly by mail direct to the addressees 
and partly by freight to the exchange bureaus. The number of boxes 
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