﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  29 
  

  

  total, 
  the 
  largest 
  yearly 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  service. 
  This 
  

   increase 
  was 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  receipt 
  from 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  of 
  hundreds 
  of 
  small 
  parcels 
  formerly 
  sent 
  abroad 
  

   directly 
  by 
  mail. 
  The 
  total 
  weight 
  of 
  all 
  packages 
  handled 
  was 
  

   55o,125 
  pounds. 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  Brussels 
  convention 
  of 
  1886, 
  103 
  sets 
  of 
  

   United 
  States 
  governmental 
  documents 
  are 
  now 
  sent 
  through 
  the 
  

   exchange 
  service 
  to 
  depositories 
  abroad 
  — 
  60 
  full 
  sets 
  and 
  43 
  partial 
  

   sets. 
  Lithuania 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Minas 
  Geraes, 
  Brazil, 
  were 
  added 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  receive 
  partial 
  sets. 
  China 
  and 
  Egypt 
  adhered 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  the 
  exchange 
  conventions 
  and 
  full 
  sets 
  of 
  govern- 
  

   mental 
  documents 
  are 
  now 
  sent 
  to 
  those 
  countries, 
  the 
  Chinese 
  dej)osi- 
  

   tory 
  being 
  the 
  Metropolitan 
  Library 
  in 
  Peking, 
  and 
  the 
  Egyptian 
  

   depository 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Finances. 
  

  

  The 
  exchange 
  service, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  routine 
  exchanges, 
  makes 
  

   every 
  effort, 
  upon 
  request, 
  to 
  assemble 
  special 
  series 
  of 
  publications 
  

   needed 
  by 
  its 
  correspondents 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  abroad. 
  For 
  ex- 
  

   ample, 
  among 
  such 
  requests 
  received 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  waS 
  one 
  from 
  

   the 
  botanical 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum 
  in 
  Vienna 
  

   for 
  certain 
  American 
  botanical 
  publications. 
  Through 
  the 
  efforts 
  

   of 
  the 
  service, 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  wanted 
  was 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  by 
  the 
  Vienna 
  Museum, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  botani- 
  

   cal 
  department 
  expressed 
  great 
  appreciation. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  ZOOLOGICA-L 
  PAEK 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  notable 
  one 
  for 
  the 
  park. 
  The 
  largest 
  assem- 
  

   blage 
  of 
  animals 
  ever 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  was 
  collected 
  in 
  

   Africa 
  and 
  brought 
  to 
  Washington 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  

   Expedition 
  ; 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  far 
  exceeded 
  that 
  of 
  

   any 
  previous 
  year; 
  and 
  work 
  was 
  started 
  on 
  a 
  new 
  bird 
  house, 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  badly 
  needed 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  Expedition, 
  financed 
  by 
  Walter 
  P. 
  

   Chrysler, 
  succeeded 
  in 
  collecting 
  during 
  four 
  months 
  in 
  Tanganyika 
  

   Territory 
  over 
  1,000 
  live 
  animals, 
  birds, 
  and 
  reptiles, 
  which 
  were 
  

   safely 
  transported 
  to 
  Washington 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  exhibits. 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Mann, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  park, 
  headed 
  the 
  expedition. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  more 
  striking 
  animals 
  brought 
  back 
  were 
  two 
  giraffes, 
  

   white-bearded 
  gnu, 
  impalla, 
  reed 
  buck, 
  long-eared 
  fox, 
  greater 
  kudu, 
  

   eland, 
  wart 
  hogs, 
  leopards, 
  hyenas, 
  civet 
  cats, 
  blue 
  monkeys, 
  and 
  

   purple-faced 
  monkeys, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  many 
  smaller 
  mammals, 
  quan- 
  

   tities 
  of 
  birds, 
  and 
  numerous 
  reptiles. 
  Acknowledgments 
  of 
  valuable 
  

   assistance 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  expedition 
  are 
  given 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Mann 
  in 
  

   his 
  report 
  appended 
  hereto. 
  

  

  