﻿EEPOET 
  OP 
  THE 
  SECEETARY 
  

  

  83 
  

  

  posted 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  The 
  forwarding 
  of 
  tliis 
  large 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  packages 
  by 
  mail 
  required 
  an 
  expenditure 
  for 
  postage 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  of 
  $3,000. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  boxes 
  sent 
  to 
  each 
  country 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   ] 
  927 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

  Consignmcnis 
  of 
  exchanges 
  forwarded 
  to 
  foreign 
  countries 
  

  

  Country 
  

  

  Argentina 
  

  

  Austria 
  

  

  Belgium 
  

  

  Brazil 
  

  

  British 
  colonics 
  . 
  

  

  Canada 
  

  

  Chile.. 
  

  

  China. 
  

  

  Colombia 
  

  

  Costa 
  Rica 
  

  

  Cuba 
  

  

  Czechoslovakia 
  

  

  Danzig 
  

  

  Denmark 
  

  

  Egypt 
  

  

  Estonia 
  

  

  Finland 
  

  

  France 
  , 
  

  

  Germany 
  , 
  

  

  Great 
  Britain 
  and 
  Jrc 
  

  

  Greece 
  

  

  Hungary. 
  

  

  India 
  

  

  Italy.. 
  

  

  Japan. 
  

  

  Lithuania 
  

  

  ind. 
  

  

  Number 
  

   of 
  boxes 
  

  

  57 
  

  

  ,"54 
  

  

  C5 
  

  

  38 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  58 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  64 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  52 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  181 
  

  

  352 
  

  

  326 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  57 
  

  

  103 
  

  

  82 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  Country 
  

  

  Mexico 
  

  

  Netherlands 
  

  

  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  

  

  New 
  Zealand 
  

  

  Norway 
  

  

  Palestine 
  

  

  Peru 
  

  

  Poland 
  

  

  Portugal 
  

  

  Q 
  ucensland 
  _ 
  

  

  Rumania 
  

  

  Russia 
  

  

  South 
  Australia 
  

  

  Spain 
  

  

  Sweden 
  

  

  Switzerland 
  

  

  Tasmania 
  

  

  Union 
  of 
  South 
  Africa 
  

  

  Uruguay.. 
  _ 
  

  

  Venezuela 
  

  

  Victoria 
  

  

  Western 
  Australia 
  

  

  Yugoslavia 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Number 
  

   of 
  boxes 
  

  

  11 
  

   77 
  

   33 
  

   19 
  

   49 
  

   33 
  

   21 
  

   42 
  

   25 
  

   22 
  

   13 
  

   139 
  

   23 
  

   37 
  

   78 
  

   72 
  

   19 
  

   36 
  

   21 
  

   19 
  

   50 
  

   25 
  

   17 
  

  

  2,608 
  

  

  FOEEIGN 
  DEPOSITORIES 
  OF 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GO^'ERNMENTAL 
  DOCUMENTS 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  convention 
  concluded 
  at 
  

   Brussels 
  in 
  March, 
  1886, 
  and 
  under 
  authority 
  granted 
  by 
  Congress 
  

   in 
  resolutions 
  approved 
  March 
  2, 
  1S6T, 
  March 
  2, 
  1901, 
  and 
  March 
  3, 
  

   1925, 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  forwarded 
  abroad 
  to 
  certain 
  designated 
  deposi- 
  

   tories 
  103 
  sets 
  of 
  United 
  States 
  governmental 
  documents 
  — 
  60 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  full 
  and 
  43 
  partial 
  sets. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  two 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  past 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  partial 
  sets 
  being 
  sent 
  to 
  Lithuania 
  and 
  

   to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Minas 
  Geraes, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Information 
  was 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  that 
  China 
  and 
  Egypt 
  

   had 
  adhered 
  to 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  Brussels 
  exchange 
  conventions. 
  Since 
  

   1908 
  a 
  full 
  set 
  of 
  governmental 
  documents 
  has 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   American 
  Chinese 
  Publication 
  Exchange 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Shang- 
  

   hai 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Affairs. 
  When 
  China 
  joined 
  the 
  convention 
  it 
  

   requested 
  that 
  the 
  depository 
  be 
  changed 
  to 
  the 
  Metropolitan 
  Library 
  

   in 
  Pekinsf. 
  

  

  