﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  85 
  

  

  Switzerland: 
  Service 
  des 
  Eehanges 
  Internationaux, 
  Bibliotheque 
  Federate 
  Cer. 
  

  

  trale, 
  Berne. 
  

   Stria: 
  American 
  University 
  of 
  Beirut. 
  

   Tasmania: 
  Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  Premier, 
  Hobart. 
  

  

  Trinidad: 
  Royal 
  Victoria 
  Institute 
  of 
  Trinidad 
  and 
  Tobago, 
  Port-of-Spain. 
  

   Tunis, 
  via 
  France. 
  

  

  Turkey 
  : 
  Shipments 
  temporarily 
  suspended. 
  

   Ukrainia 
  : 
  Negotiations 
  to 
  establish 
  an 
  agency 
  now 
  pending. 
  

   Union 
  of 
  South 
  Africa 
  : 
  Government 
  Printing 
  Works, 
  Pretoria. 
  Transvaal. 
  

   Uruguay: 
  Oficina 
  de 
  Canje 
  Internacional, 
  Montevideo. 
  

   Venezuela 
  : 
  Biblioteca 
  Nacional, 
  Caracas. 
  

   Victoria 
  : 
  Public 
  Library 
  of 
  Victoria, 
  Melbourne. 
  

   Western 
  Australia 
  : 
  Public 
  Library 
  of 
  Western 
  Australia, 
  Perth. 
  

   Yugoslavia 
  : 
  Academie 
  Royal 
  Serbe 
  des 
  Sciences 
  et 
  des 
  Arts, 
  Belgrade. 
  

  

  RULES 
  GOVERNING 
  THE 
  TRANSMISSION 
  OF 
  EXCHANGES. 
  

  

  A 
  revised 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  circular 
  containing 
  a 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  

   the 
  service 
  and 
  the 
  rules 
  under 
  which 
  packages 
  are 
  accepted 
  for 
  dis- 
  

   tribution, 
  was 
  published 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  is 
  here 
  repro- 
  

   duced 
  for 
  the 
  information 
  of 
  any 
  who 
  may 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  service 
  in 
  the 
  forwarding 
  of 
  publications. 
  

  

  In 
  effecting 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  its 
  first 
  publications 
  abroad, 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution 
  established 
  relations 
  with 
  many 
  foreign 
  scientific 
  societies 
  

   and 
  libraries, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  enabled 
  to 
  materially 
  assist 
  institu- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  individuals 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  in 
  the 
  transmission 
  of 
  their 
  publications 
  

   abroad, 
  and 
  also 
  foreign 
  societies 
  and 
  individuals 
  in 
  distributing 
  their 
  publi- 
  

   cations 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  In 
  more 
  recent 
  years 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  has 
  been 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  

   duty 
  of 
  conducting 
  the 
  official 
  exchange 
  bureau 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment, 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  publications 
  authorized 
  by 
  Congress 
  are 
  ex- 
  

   changed 
  for 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  Governments; 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  formal 
  treaty 
  it 
  acts 
  as 
  

   intermediary 
  between 
  the 
  learned 
  bodies 
  and 
  scientific 
  and 
  literary 
  societies 
  

   of 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  countries 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  and 
  transmission 
  of 
  their 
  pub- 
  

   lications. 
  

  

  Attention 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  international 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  

   domestic 
  exchange 
  service, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  designed 
  to 
  facilitate 
  exchanges 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  other 
  countries 
  only. 
  As 
  publications 
  from 
  

   domestic 
  sources 
  for 
  addresses 
  in 
  Hawaii, 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  

   and 
  other 
  territory 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  do 
  not 
  

   come 
  within 
  the 
  designation 
  " 
  international," 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  accepted 
  by 
  the 
  

   Institution 
  for 
  transmission 
  through 
  the 
  service. 
  

  

  Packages 
  prepared 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  rules 
  enumerated 
  below 
  will 
  

   be 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  from 
  individuals 
  or 
  institutions 
  

   of 
  learning 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  forwarded 
  to 
  their 
  destinations 
  abroad 
  

   through 
  the 
  various 
  exchange 
  bureaus 
  or 
  agencies 
  in 
  other 
  countries. 
  Many 
  

   of 
  these 
  bureaus 
  and 
  agencies 
  will 
  likewise 
  receive 
  from 
  correspondents 
  in 
  

   their 
  countries 
  such 
  publications 
  for 
  addresses 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  its 
  

   dependencies 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  delivered 
  to 
  them 
  under 
  rules 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  pre- 
  

   scribed 
  herein, 
  and 
  will 
  forward 
  them 
  to 
  Washington, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  will 
  transmit 
  them 
  to 
  their 
  destinations 
  by 
  mail 
  free 
  of 
  cost 
  to 
  the 
  

   recipients. 
  

  

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