1496 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
the provisions of a convention for the exchange of literary and scientific publica- 
tions signed by a representative of the United States at Brussels March 15, 1886, 
namely: 
Sec. 2. For exchanging the official publications of the United States Government 
from 1868 to 1886, as provided for by resolution 72, Fortieth Congress, second session, 
the sum of $38,141.01. 
Sec. 3. For exchanging, from July 1, 1886, to June 30, 1889, official documents and 
scientific literary publications, as provided for by the ‘‘convention between the 
United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, and other nations,’’ concluded at Brus- 
sels March 15, 1886, the sum of $7,034.81; in all, $45,175.82. 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES. 
December 2, 1889—House. 
Estimates for 1891. 
For continuing the system of international exchanges between the 
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 
employees, $29,500. 
Notre.—See Congressional Record July 29, 1888, p. 7666, and Senate Ex. Doc. No. 
139, Fiftieth Congress, second session. 
February 7, 1890—House. 
Deficiency estimates for 1890. 
To reimburse the Smithsonian Institution for expenses incurred in 
the exchange of the publications of the (Fish) Commission for those 
of foreign countries, being for the service of the fiscal year 1889, 
$215.20. 
December 1, 1890—House. 
Estimates for 1892. 
For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between the 
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 
employees, $32,400. 
EXPLANATION BY SECRETARY OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, S. P. LANGLEY, OCTOBER 
20, 1890. 
The sum of $32,400 for international exchanges is estimated as necessary to carry 
out in an efficient manner the provisions of conventions between the United States 
and certain other foreign countries concluded at Brussels, March 15, 1886, and rati- 
fied and proclaimed in January, 1889, for the exchange of official documents and . 
scientific and literary publications, and also for the exchange of official journals and 
parliamentary annals of the States adhering thereto. 
Since 1868 the Smithsonian Institution has been required by Congress to conduct 
the exchange of Congressional documents with the official publications of other coun- 
tries, though Congress has defrayed but a portion of the expense. 
Even since 1886, the date of the treaty at Brussels referred to above, wherein the 
United States undertook to conduct a bureau of international exchanges, the whole 
