APPENDIX 6 



REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 

 ties of the International Exchange Service for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1945 : 



There was allocated for the expenses of the Service $28,166, an 

 increase over the amount for the last year of $2,029. 



The Institution no longer enjoys the use of the franking privilege 

 in transmitting packages through the mails, that privilege to Govern- 

 ment departments having been discontinued. This change in the reg- 

 ulations of the Post Office Department has increased considerably the 

 work in the Exchange office as well as the cost of distributing packages 

 formerly sent under frank but now requiring postage. 



The number of packages passing through the Service during the 

 year was 386,758, a decrease from last year of 21,006. The weight of 

 these packages was 211,160 pounds, a decrease of 32,020 pounds. For 

 statistical purposes this material is classified as follows : 



Packages are forwarded abroad partly by freight to exchange 

 bureaus for distribution, and partly by mail direct to their destina- 

 tions. The number of boxes shipped abroad was 983, an increase over 

 last year of 334. Of these, 462 were for depositories of full sets of 

 United States governmental documents. The number of packages 

 sent by mail to foreign countries was 61,038. 



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