APPENDIX 5 
REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 
tions of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1926: 
The appropriation granted by Congress for the support of the 
service during the year was $46,260. While this amount is $3,290 
less than the appropriation for the fiscal year 1925, the actual money 
available for the running of the service for 1926 was the same as that 
for 1925, the salaries of two of the personnel that were carried on 
the exchange roll during 1925 having been transferred to other ap- 
propriations. In addition to the above appropriation, an allotment 
of $300 for printing and binding was allowed. The repayments 
from departmental and other establishments aggregated $4,883.75, 
making the total resources available for carrying on the system of 
exchanges during the year, $51,443.75 
The total number of packages handled in 1926 was 480,776, an 
increase over the number for the preceding year of 12,045. The 
weight of these packages was 558,493 pounds, a gain of 52,329 
pounds. For statistical purposes the packages handled by the ex- 
change service are divided into several classes. The number and 
weight of the packages in these classes are given in the following 
table: 
Packages Weight 
Sent |Received| Sent |Receivedc 
Pounds | Pounds 
United States parliamentary documents sent abroad ----------- 193:'598)\|_ 2 nae 99: 60 LSs22 eee 
Publications received in return for parliamentary documents-__--|_--._----- 5; 169) 2-2 =o seeee 20, 626 
United States departmental documents sent abroad_-_---------- 145 O12" |= eee 156;'836)|2 232232225 
Publications received in return for departmental documents--_-__|..-------- 6; 280)\== note ee 26, 703 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications sent abroad_.-| 97,483 |_.-------- 185;\ 170) Leese 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications received from 
abroad for distribution in the United States_......-----------|---------- BY AO RE Fl Wee eee 69, 557 
Totals es ooh eek ee ee en ee ae a aan ae 436, 993 43,783 | 441,607 | 116, 886 
Grand totale ee et oe eee ee ee eos oe 480, 776 558, 493 
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