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upon exchanges forwarded to Japan for distribution. The department of foreign 

 affairs at Tokyo, to which all consignments are sent by the Smithsonian Institution, 

 is willing to receive only parcels designed for official institutions of the Japanese 

 Government or for individuals connected therewith. Although frequent attempts 

 have been made to induce the foreign office to distriljute all contri])utions for 

 Japanese correspondents, they have thus far been of no avail. 



The United States minister to Ecuador has called the attention of the Institution 

 to the delay and expense occasioned in transporting exchanges to Quito by mountain 

 trail from the port of Guayaquil, and suggests that only documents of great impor- 

 tance be sent to Quito until the railroad which is now building from the coast shall 

 be completed, about two years hence. 



The following is a list of the Smithsonian corresjiondents acting as distributing 

 agents or receiving publications for transmission to the United States, and of coun- 

 tries receiving regularly exchanges through the Institution: 



Algeria (via France). 



Angola (via Portugal). 



Argentina: Museo Nacional, Buenos Ayres. 



Austria: K. K. Statistische Central-Commission, Yieima. 



Azores (via Portugal). 



Belgium: Service Beige des Echanges Internationaux, Brussels. 



Bolivia: Oficina Nacional de Inmigracion, Estadistica y Propaganda Geognifica, La 



Paz. 

 Brazil: Servic^ode Permuta^oes Internacionaes, Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 

 British Colonies: Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. « 

 Bulgaria: Dr. Paul Leverkiihn,' Sofia. 

 Canada: Sent by mail. 

 Canary Islands (via Spain). 



Cape Colony: Superintendent of the Stationery Department, Cape Town. 

 Chile: Universidad de Chile, Santiago. 

 China: Shipments temporarily suspended. 

 Colombia: Biblioteca Nacional, Bogota. 



Costa Rica: Oficina de Deposito y Canje de PubUcaciones, San Jose. 

 Denmark: Kongelige Danske Yidenskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen. 

 Dutch Guiana: Surinaamsche Koloniale Bibliotheek, Paramaribo. 

 Ecuador: Biblioteca Nacional, Quito. 



East India: India Store Department, India Office, London. 

 Egypt: Societe Khediviale de Geographie, Cairo. 

 France: Bureau Frangais des Echanges Internationaux, Paris. 

 Friendly Islands: Sent by mail. 



Germany: Dr. Felix Fliigel, Aussere Halle'sche strasse No. 18, Leipzig-Gohlis. 

 Great Britain and Ireland : Messrs. William Wesley & Son, 28 Essex street. Strand, 



London. 

 Greece: Director of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens. 

 Greenland (via Denmark). 

 Guadeloupe (via France). 



Guatemala: Instituto Nacional de Guatemala, Guatemala. 

 Guinea (via Portugal). 



Haiti: Secretaire d'Etat des Relations Exterieures, Port an Prince. 

 Honduras: Biblioteca Nacional, Tegucigalpa. 

 Hungary: Dr. Joseph von Korosy, "Redoute," Budapest. 



«This method is employed for communicating with a large number of the British 

 colonies with which no means is available for forwarding exchanges direct. 



