64 ANNUAL REPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1915. 



Consignments of exchanges for foreign countries — Continued. 



' Shipments temporarily suspended on accoimt of the European war. 



With the exception of one package for the chief secretary to the 

 government of Madras, India, and one for the undersecretary to the 

 government of the United Provinces, Allahabad, India — each con- 

 taining 12 United States governmental documents — no consignments 

 have, so far as the Institution has been informed, been lost during 

 the year, which is considered remarkable in view of the number of 

 ships sunk by war vessels. 



A number of boxes have been detained at several ports of de- 

 barkation owing to the fact that the vessels on which they were 

 forwarded have been interned. Wlierever possible the Institution 

 has obtained the release of these consignments and they have been 



