LIBRARIAN S REPORT. XXXV 



NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS 

 To which Trans- From which 

 actions are exchanges 

 sent : are rec'd : 



Great Britain and Ireland , 128 66 



France 62 23 



Germany 88 60 



Russia 19 11 



Austria-Hungary 23 11 



Norway 13 11 



Sweden 12 6 



Belgium 14 4 



Netherlands 9 4 



Italy 34 18 



Switzerland 15 8 



Servia 1 



Spain 2 



Portugal 1 



Denmark 5 2 



India 9 3 



China 3 



Malta 1 



Mauritius 1 Q 



Straits Settlements 1 



Japan 2 1 



South Africa 2" 2 



Australasia ... 36 22 



Brazil 3 1 



Chili 2 2 



Argentina .'. 4 4 



Uruguay . 1 1 



British Guiana 1 1 



Central America 2 4 



Mexico 4 5 



West Indies 4 1 



United States 166 106 



Newfoundland 1 



Canada (exclusive of Nova Scotia . ...441 O rr 



Nova Scotia 22 / 



Totals 734 415 



As pointed out in former reports, the Council distributes the publica- 

 tions of the Institute very liberally, sending them to many libraries, 

 museums, etc., which issue no publications which they can send in 

 return, and even to a considerable number of societies which do issue 

 publications but have neglected hitherto to put the Institute on their 

 exchange lists. Owing to the great courtesy of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution in granting to the Institute the privileges of its International 

 Bureau, of Exchanges, it costs very little more to be -liberal than to be 

 niggardly in distribution, and the Council regards liberality as the better 

 policy both from the point of view of making the work of its members 



