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it was transmitted, having been burned while off the coast of South Africa. 

 The loss at sea during the latter part of 1908 of a case of exchanges for dis- 

 tribution in Egypt should also be noted here. This consignment was forwarded 

 in care of the Egyptian Survey Department under date of October 22, 1908, but 

 definite information concerning its loss has only recently been received. The 

 senders of the packages contained in the consignments referred to were com- 

 municated with, and it is gratifying to state that, except in one or two instances, 

 it was possible for them to supply copies of the lost publications. It may be 

 of interest to add here that, so far as reported to the Institution, these are 

 the only instances during the past five years in which the entire contents of 

 exchange consignments have been lost. 



INTERCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. 



The statement which follows shows in detail the number of packages received 

 for transmission through the International Exchange Service during the year 

 ending June 30, 1910 : 



Country. 



Abyssinia 



Algeria 



Angola 



Antigua 



Arabia 



Argentina 



Austria-Hungary 



Azores 



Bahamas 



Barbados 



Beira 



Belgium 



Bermudas 



Bismarck Archipelago 



Bolivia 



Borneo 



Brazil 



British America 



British Burma 



British Central Africa. 

 British East Africa. . . 



British Guiana 



B ritish Honduras 



British New Guinea. . 



Bulgaria 



Canary Islands 



Cape Colony 



Ceylon 



Chile 



China 



Colombia 



Costa Rica 



Cuba 



Curacao 



Cyprus 



Packages. 



Denmark 



Dominica 



Dutch Guiana 



Ecuador 



Egypt 



Eritrea 



Falkland Islands 



Fiji Islands 



France 



French Cochin China 



French Guiana 



German East Africa 



Germany 



Gibraltar 



Gold Coast 



Grenada 



Great Britain and Ireland 



Greece 



Greenland 



Guadeloupe 



Gautemala 



Haiti 



Hawaiian Islands 



Honduras 



Hongkong 



Iceland 



India 



Italy 



Jamaica 



Japan 



Java 



Kongo Free State 



Korea 



Lagos 



Liberia 



