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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  instances 
  contain 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  publication, 
  while 
  those 
  received 
  in 
  

   return 
  often 
  comprise 
  several 
  volumes. 
  Furthermore, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   foreign 
  correspondents 
  forward 
  their 
  publications 
  directly 
  to 
  their 
  

   destinations 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  by 
  mail. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  shipped 
  abroad 
  2,823 
  boxes, 
  a 
  decrease 
  

   of 
  49 
  from 
  the 
  number 
  sent 
  last 
  year, 
  although 
  the 
  total 
  weight 
  of 
  

   the 
  consignments 
  shipped 
  to 
  foreign 
  countries 
  was 
  practically 
  the 
  

   same 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  years. 
  Of 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  boxes 
  shipped 
  

   abroad 
  604 
  contained 
  full 
  sets 
  of 
  United 
  States 
  official 
  documents 
  

  

  Figure 
  1. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  relative 
  weight 
  of 
  packages 
  transmitted 
  through 
  the 
  

   International 
  Exchange 
  Service 
  between 
  the 
  years 
  1850 
  and 
  1929, 
  divided 
  into 
  periods 
  

   of 
  five 
  years 
  each 
  

  

  for 
  foreign 
  depositories 
  and 
  2,219 
  included 
  departmental 
  and 
  other 
  

   publications 
  for 
  the 
  depositories 
  of 
  partial 
  sets 
  and 
  for 
  miscellaneous 
  

   establisliments 
  and 
  individuals. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  forwarding 
  of 
  consignments 
  to 
  foreign 
  ex- 
  

   change 
  agencies 
  in 
  boxes, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary, 
  for 
  the 
  reasons 
  given 
  in 
  

   previous 
  reports, 
  to 
  mail 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  directly 
  to 
  their 
  

   destinations. 
  There 
  were 
  forwarded 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  60,856 
  packages. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  boxes 
  sent 
  to 
  each 
  foreign 
  country 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

  