APPENDIX 5. 

 REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



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

 ations of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1921 : 



The estimate submitted for the support of the service during 1921, 

 including the allotment for printing and binding, was $50,200, and 

 this amount was granted by Congress. The repayments from depart- 

 mental and various other establishments aggregated $4,779.47, mak- 

 ing the total resources available for carrying on the system of ex- 

 changes during the year $54,979.47. 



The work of the exchange service during the past year has been 

 very heavy, due, principally, to the reopening of relations with Ger- 

 many. One hundred and eighty-eight boxes were received from 

 Germany and 691 boxes were forwarded to that country. These con- 

 signments weighed a total of 186,037 pounds, or about 31 per cent of 

 the weight of all the packages handled by the exchange service dur- 

 ing the year. 



The total number of packages passing through the service during 

 the year was 451,471 — an increase over the number for the preceding 

 year of 82,099. The weight of these packages was 605,312 pounds — 

 a gain of 108,934. For statistical purposes the packages handled by 

 the exchange service are divided into several classes. 



The number and weight of the packages of different classes are in- 

 dicated in the following table : 



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