78 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1946 
shipped abroad was 3,117, an increase of 2,134. Of these boxes, 1,294 
were for depositories of full sets of the United States Government 
documents. The number of packages distributed by mail was 69,833. 
Of the material accumulated at the Institution during the war, 
there remained at the beginning of the fiscal year 3,512 boxes. At 
the end of the fiscal year this figure had been reduced to 1,109. This 
reduction was effected through the resumption of exchanges with 
certain countries where exchange had been suspended during the 
war. These countires are indicated in the table below by an asterisk. 
The countries to which consignments are now regularly forwarded 
are: 
EASTERN HEMISPHERE : 
Africa. *Lebanon. 
Australia. *Netherlands. 
*Belgium. New Zealand. 
*Bulgaria. *Norway. 
*China. *Palestine. 
*Czechoslovakia. Portugal. 
*Denmark. *Spain. 
*Wrance. *Sweden. 
Great Britain. *Switzerland. 
*Greece. *Syria. 
India. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
Ireland. 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE: All countries except the United States and her possessions. 
Shipments to other countires will be resumed at the earliest practi- 
cable date. 
FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF GOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 
The number of sets of United States official publications received 
to be sent in return for the official publications sent by foreign govern- 
ments for deposit in the Library of Congress is 93 (56 full and 37 
partial sets). The depositories for China and Italy have been changed 
as indicated in the list. 
DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS 
ARGENTINA: Direccién de Investigaciones, Archivo, Biblioteca y Legislacién Ex: 
tranjero, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, Buenos Aires. 
AUSTRALIA: Commonwealth Parliament and National Library, Canberra. 
New SoutH WAtgEs: Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 
QUEENSLAND: Parliamentary Library, Brisbane. 
SoutH AUSTRALIA: Public Library of South Australia, Adelaide. 
TASMANIA: Parliamentary Library, Hobart. 
Victor1A: Publie Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 
WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Public Library of Western Australia, Perth. 
Breiteium: Bibliothéque Royale, Bruxelles, 
Brazit: Instituto Nacional do Livro, Rio de Janeiro. 
