﻿APPENDIX 
  5. 
  

  

  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, 
  1922 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  granted 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  

   service 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  $50,000, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  amount 
  for 
  the 
  

   year 
  1921. 
  The 
  excess 
  of 
  these 
  appropriations 
  over 
  those 
  formerly 
  

   allowed 
  for 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  international 
  exchanges 
  was 
  designed 
  to 
  

   meet 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  expenses 
  of 
  forwarding, 
  at 
  the 
  high 
  ocean 
  

   and 
  other 
  transportation 
  rates, 
  the 
  accumulations 
  of 
  packages 
  that 
  

   were 
  withheld 
  awaiting 
  the 
  resumption 
  of 
  shipments 
  to 
  certain 
  

   foreign 
  countries. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  appropriation, 
  the 
  usual 
  

   allotment 
  of 
  $200 
  for 
  printing 
  and 
  binding 
  was 
  allowed 
  by 
  Congress. 
  

   The 
  repa}^ments 
  from 
  departmental 
  and 
  other 
  establishments 
  aggre- 
  

   gated 
  $5,510.74, 
  making 
  the 
  total 
  resources 
  available 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  

   the 
  system 
  of 
  exchanges 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  $55,710.74. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1922 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  handled 
  was 
  

   383,157, 
  a 
  decrease 
  from 
  the 
  number 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  of 
  68,314. 
  

   These 
  packages 
  weighed 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  592,600 
  pounds, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  

   12,712. 
  While 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  return 
  to 
  nearly 
  normal 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  the 
  figures 
  just 
  given 
  show 
  a 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  

   weight 
  of 
  packages 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  service 
  from 
  those 
  handled 
  

   last 
  year, 
  the 
  work 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1922 
  exceeded 
  by 
  41,490 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  packages 
  handled 
  in 
  1914, 
  just 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  World 
  War, 
  

   which 
  indicates 
  a 
  steady 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  office. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  and 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  packages 
  of 
  different 
  classes 
  are 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

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