﻿APPENDIX 
  5 
  

   KEPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  INTERNATIONAL 
  EXCHANGE 
  SERVICE 
  

  

  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, 
  1929 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  made 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  Ex- 
  

   change 
  Service 
  for 
  1929 
  was 
  $50,355, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $3,500 
  over 
  the 
  

   amount 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  Of 
  this 
  increase, 
  $2,147 
  was 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  for 
  in 
  a 
  deficiency 
  bill 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  additional 
  sum 
  required 
  to 
  

   meet 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  Welch 
  Act 
  amending 
  the 
  classification 
  act 
  

   of 
  1923, 
  $1,000 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  extra 
  cost 
  for 
  freight, 
  and 
  $353 
  to 
  ad- 
  

   vance 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  step 
  in 
  their 
  respective 
  grades 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  employees 
  

   of 
  the 
  exchange 
  office 
  eligible 
  for 
  promotion. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  handled 
  was 
  620,485, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  

   78,262 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  second 
  largest 
  increase 
  in 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  service 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  year 
  

   since 
  its 
  organization 
  in 
  1850. 
  The 
  greatest 
  increase 
  in 
  packages 
  was 
  

   in 
  1927, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  over 
  100,000. 
  The 
  total 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  packages 
  

   handled 
  was 
  621,373 
  pounds, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  27,252. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  and 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  packages 
  of 
  different 
  classes 
  are 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  table 
  that 
  many 
  more 
  pack- 
  

   ages 
  are 
  sent 
  abroad 
  than 
  are 
  received, 
  yet 
  the 
  disparity 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  

   great 
  as 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  figures. 
  Packages 
  sent 
  abroad 
  in 
  many 
  

  

  69 
  

  

  