REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



58 



Tabular statement of the work of the International Exchange Service during the fscal i/ear 



1903-1903. 



The following table shows the number of packages of exchanges handled and the 

 increase in the number of correspondents each year from 1896 to 1903: 



Number of packages received . 81 , 162 



Weight of packages received, 



pounds 247, 444 



Correspondents: 



Foreign societies i 9, 414 



Foreign individuals ' 12, 013 



Domestic societies 2, 445 



Dome.stic individuals 4, 136 



Packages to domestic addresses 23, 619 



Cases shipped abroad 1, 300 



1897-98. 



84, 208 



801,472 



10, 165 

 12, 378 

 2,533 

 4,382 

 21, 057 

 1,330 



1898-99. 1899-1900. 1900-1901. 1901-1902. 1902-1903 



97 



317, 



10, 

 13, 

 2 

 4, 



m, 

 1, 



835 



,883 



322 

 378 

 596 

 673 

 645 

 .500 



10, 845 

 15, 385 

 2,721 

 5,000 

 28, 625 

 1,768 



121,060 



414, 277 



11,295 

 16,261 

 2,996 

 5,153 

 31, 367 

 1,757 



125, 796 



396, 418 



11, 760 

 17, 701 

 3, 182 

 5, .5.57 

 33, 961 

 1,847 



559, 718 



13, 121 



21,332 



3, 319 



6, 240 



33, 980 



2, 461 



