﻿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, 
  1927 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  congressional 
  appropriation 
  allowed 
  for 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  

   system 
  of 
  international 
  exchanges 
  conducted 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1927 
  was 
  $4C,2G0, 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  192G. 
  In 
  addition, 
  $300 
  was 
  allotted 
  for 
  

   printing 
  and 
  binding. 
  The 
  collections 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  repayments 
  

   from 
  governmental 
  and 
  other 
  establishments 
  amounted 
  to 
  $5,947.24, 
  

   making 
  the 
  total 
  available 
  resources 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  service 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  year, 
  $52,507.24. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  handled 
  was 
  590,879, 
  an 
  increase 
  

   of 
  110,103 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  jqht. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  increase 
  in 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  handled 
  during 
  any 
  one 
  year 
  since 
  the 
  

   organization 
  of 
  the 
  service 
  in 
  1850. 
  Leaving 
  out 
  the 
  period 
  during 
  

   and 
  immediately 
  after 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  World 
  War 
  — 
  when 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  packages 
  handled 
  fluctuated 
  greatly 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  suspension 
  

   and 
  resumption 
  of 
  shipments 
  to 
  certain 
  countries 
  — 
  the 
  other 
  years 
  

   in 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  unusually 
  large 
  increases 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   packages 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  service 
  were 
  1909 
  (increase 
  25,777 
  

   packages), 
  1912 
  (increase 
  29,794 
  packages), 
  and 
  1913 
  (increase 
  

   23,129 
  packages). 
  The 
  packages 
  handled 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1927 
  

   weighed 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  553,125 
  pounds, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  5,368 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  handled 
  during 
  1927 
  v/as 
  in 
  great 
  

   measure 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  in 
  turning 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  exchange 
  office 
  many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  

   small 
  packages 
  for 
  distribution 
  abroad 
  that 
  it 
  formerly 
  sent 
  to 
  their 
  

   destinations 
  by 
  mail. 
  That 
  department 
  toward 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  discontinued 
  sending 
  this 
  material 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  re- 
  

   sumed 
  its 
  transmission 
  by 
  mail. 
  

  

  For 
  statistical 
  purposes 
  the 
  packages 
  handled 
  by 
  the 
  exchange 
  

   service 
  are 
  divided 
  into 
  several 
  classes. 
  The 
  number 
  and 
  weight 
  of 
  

   the 
  packages 
  in 
  these 
  classes 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

   80 
  

  

  