Appendix 3. 

 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, 1915 : 



The system of international exchanges is based on the convention 

 and the resolutions of Congress briefly referred to below : 



Convention between the United States and several other countries 

 for the international exchange of official documents and scientific 

 and literary publications, concluded at Brussels in 1886 and pro- 

 claimed by the President of the United States in 1889. (Stat., XXV, 

 1465.) (Since the ratification of this convention, several additional 

 Governments have signified their adherence thereto ; while a number 

 of other countries, though they have not officially adhered to the con- 

 vention, have established international exchange bureaus.) 



Resolution providing for the exchange of certain public documents, 

 approved March 2, 1867. (Stat., XIV, 573.) This resolution pro- 

 vides that 50 copies of all documents printed by order of either House 

 of Congress, and also 50 copies of all publications issued by any 

 bureau or department of the Government, shall be placed at the dis- 

 posal of the Joint Committee on the Library for exchange with for- 

 eign countries through the agency of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Joint resolution to regulate the distribution of public documents 

 to the Library of Congress for its own use and for international ex- 

 change, approved March 2, 1901. (Stat., XXXI, 1464.) By this 

 resolution it is provided that, in lieu of the 50 copies of the publica- 

 tions referred to in the above-mentioned resolution, there shall be 

 placed at the disposal of the Library of Congress for its own use 

 and for international exchange 62 copies of such documents, with the 

 privilege, at the request of the Librarian, of enlarging this number 

 to 100. 



Joint resolution for the purpose of more fully carrying into effect 

 the convention concluded at Brussels in 1886 in reference to the im- 

 mediate exchange of the official journal, approved March 4, 1909. 

 (Stat., XXXV, 1169.) This resolution provides that such number 

 as may be required, not exceeding 100 copies, of the daily issue of 

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