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REPOKT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The api^ropriation made l;)y Congress for the International Exchanges during the 

 year 1902-:) was $26,000, being the same amount as was appropriated for the fiscal 

 year immediately preceding. Owing to the simplification of the office work, how- 



Exchanges shipped abroad- 



Exchanges received from abroad • 



Fig. 4.— Chart reiiresentiiiK tlit' iiicreasf of exchange tran.smission.M abroad from 1S50 to 1904, and also 

 of packages received from other countries for distribution in the United States during the .same 

 period. Transmissions for 1904 are estimated on the basis of the average increase during the vears 

 1900 to 1903. 



ever, it has been possible to reduce the number of employees antl consequently the 

 expenditure for services, thus enablin<r the Institution to meet the additional expense 

 of the increased service without a deficit. 



