66 ANNUAL KEPOKT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1915. 



The walls, ceilings, floors, and woodwork of the government and 

 shipping rooms were painted during the year and the government 

 room was provided with a large sorting table 27 feet 3 inches long, 

 2 feet lOJ inches wide, and 3 feet high, with drop leaf at end and 

 two drawers and shelves. There are only two windows in the gov- 

 ernment room, and on account of the thiclaiess of the walls of the 

 Smithsonian Building these admitted very little light. The windows 

 in that room have therefore been splayed, with the result that the 

 lighting has been greatly improved. 



Another room has been assigned by the Institution for the use of 

 the Exchange Office, which has facilitated the handling of the many 

 packages received for transmission through the service. 



The unsatisfactory electric lighting system throughout the Ex- 

 change Office has been very much improved by the installation of a 

 semi-indirect lighting system. The washroom provided for the use 

 of the employees has been fitted up with two lavatories. 



FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTAL 



DOCUMENTS. 



In accordance with treaty stipulations and under the authority of 

 the congressional resolutions of March 2, 1867, and March 2, 1901, 

 setting apart a certain number of documents for exchange with for- 

 eign countries, there are now sent regularly to depositories abroad 

 56 full sets of United States official publications and 36 partial sets. 



The partial set of publications sent to Ceylon has in the past been 

 forwarded in care of the American consul at Colombo. The consul 

 now informs the Institution that the documents in question are de- 

 posited in the Eecord Department of the Library of the Colonial 

 Secretary's Office, and consignments will therefore be sent direct to 

 that office in the future. 



The recipients of full and partial sets are as follows : 



DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS. 



Argentina : Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Buenos Aires. 



AtrsTPvALiA : Library of tlie Commonwealth Parliament, Melbourne. 



Austria : K. K. Statistische Zentral-Kommission, Vienna. 



Baden: Universitats-Bibliothek, Freiburg. (Depository of the Grand Duchy 

 of Baden. ) 



Bavaria : Konigliche Hof- und Staats-Bibliothek, Munich. 



Belgium : Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels. 



Bombay: Secretary to the Government, Bombay. 



Brazil: Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 



Buenos Aires: Biblioteca de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. (Deposi- 

 tory of the Province of Buenos Aires.) 



