APPENDIX 5 

 EEPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 



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

 tions of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1935 : 



The total appropriation made by Congress for the Service for 

 1935 was $41,188.17, of which amount $39,692 was included in the 

 regular appropriation act and $1,496.17 was allowed for the purpose 

 of restoring the remainder of the 15 percent economj^ reduction made 

 in salaries a few years ago. The above is an increase of $2,134.17 in 

 the amount granted for the exchanges during the fiscal year 1934. 

 The repayments from departmental and other establishments aggre- 

 gated $3,616.05, making the total resources available for conducting 

 the Service during the year $44,804.22. 



The total number of packages that passed through the Service 

 during the year was 654,131, a decrease of 21,849. The weight was 

 560,381 pounds, a decrease of 64,360 pounds. 



The publications sent and received are placed under three classes — 

 parliamentary documents, departmental documents, and miscellane- 

 ous scientific and literary publications. The number and weight of 

 packages containing the publications coming under these headings are 

 given in the table below. 



The total number of boxes used in dispatching consignments 

 abroad was 2,187, a decrease of 155 from the preceding year. Of 

 these boxes, 460 were for the foreign depositories of full sets of 



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