﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  77 
  

  

  It 
  should 
  be 
  stated 
  here 
  that 
  the 
  disparity 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  figures 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  sent 
  and 
  those 
  received 
  is 
  accounted 
  

   for 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  packages 
  transmitted 
  abroad 
  often 
  con- 
  

   tain 
  only 
  one 
  publication, 
  while 
  those 
  received 
  in 
  return 
  frequently 
  

   comprise 
  many 
  volumes. 
  In 
  some 
  instances, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   publications 
  received 
  in 
  exchange 
  for 
  parliamentary 
  documents, 
  the 
  

   term 
  " 
  package 
  " 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  large 
  boxes 
  containing 
  many 
  separate 
  

   publications. 
  Furthermore, 
  many 
  returns 
  for 
  publications 
  sent 
  

   abroad 
  reach 
  their 
  destinations 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  through 
  the 
  mails 
  and 
  

   not 
  through 
  the 
  exchange 
  service. 
  

  

  I 
  stated 
  last 
  year 
  that 
  the 
  steps 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Institution 
  looking 
  to 
  

   the 
  reopening 
  of 
  exchanges 
  with 
  Rumania 
  and 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   relations 
  with 
  the 
  newly 
  formed 
  Government 
  of 
  Jugoslavia 
  had 
  not 
  

   led 
  to 
  a 
  successful 
  result. 
  The 
  Governments 
  of 
  both 
  those 
  countries 
  

   expressed 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  shipment 
  of 
  international 
  exchanges 
  

   resumed 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  conditions 
  would 
  permit, 
  but 
  nothing 
  further 
  was 
  

   heard 
  from 
  either 
  of 
  them. 
  An 
  offer 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  Institutul 
  Meteorologic 
  Central, 
  Bukharest, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Academie 
  Royale 
  Serbe 
  des 
  Sciences 
  et 
  des 
  Arts, 
  Belgrade, 
  to 
  serve 
  

   as 
  agencies 
  for 
  their 
  respective 
  countries 
  was 
  therefore 
  accepted 
  by 
  

   the 
  Institution, 
  and 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  26 
  boxes 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  former 
  

   and 
  69 
  to 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  exchange 
  agency 
  in 
  Rumania 
  was 
  formerly 
  

   the 
  Academia 
  Romana 
  and 
  in 
  Serbia 
  the 
  Ministere 
  des 
  Affaires 
  

   liltrangeres. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  exchange 
  relations 
  have 
  been 
  established 
  with 
  the 
  

   newly 
  formed 
  Governments 
  of 
  Esthonia, 
  Far 
  Eastern 
  Republic, 
  

   Latvia, 
  Lithuania, 
  and 
  Ukrainia. 
  

  

  The 
  conditions 
  in 
  Russia 
  and 
  Turkey 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  improved 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  Institution 
  in 
  taking 
  steps 
  to 
  renew 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   change 
  of 
  publications 
  between 
  those 
  countries 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  requested 
  several 
  New 
  York 
  forwarding 
  agents 
  to 
  

   submit 
  rates 
  for 
  handling 
  and 
  forwarding 
  exchange 
  consignments 
  

   abroad, 
  the 
  rates 
  to 
  take 
  effect 
  on 
  July 
  1, 
  1922. 
  The 
  proposal 
  sub- 
  

   mitted 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  agents, 
  Messrs. 
  Da 
  vies, 
  Turner 
  & 
  Co., 
  39 
  Pearl 
  

   Street, 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  lowest, 
  and 
  shipments 
  

   will 
  therefore 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  foreign 
  countries 
  through 
  that 
  

   firm. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  shipped 
  abroad 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  3,215 
  boxes, 
  being 
  an 
  

   increase 
  of 
  463 
  over 
  the 
  number 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  12 
  months. 
  This 
  is 
  

   the 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  boxes 
  forwarded 
  through 
  the 
  exchange 
  service 
  

   in 
  one 
  year 
  and 
  is 
  due 
  in 
  great 
  measure 
  to 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  exchange 
  

   relations 
  with 
  Jugoslavia 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  independent 
  Russian 
  

   States, 
  the 
  packages 
  for 
  those 
  countries 
  having 
  accumulated 
  at 
  the 
  

   Institution 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  boxes 
  shipped 
  was 
  fur- 
  

  

  