1548 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
and in accordance with the approval of the Secretary of the Smith- 
sonian Institution. 
(Stat., XXVII, 582.) 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES. 
December 7, 1891—House. 
Estimates for 1893. 
For 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, $17,000. 
(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item 
of $6,000 over the present appropriation.) 
Norr.—An appropriation of $17,000 is now made to the Institution to cover a por- 
tion of the expenses of the system of international exchanges, and from specific or 
contingent appropriations about $3,000 more are paid by various Government depart- 
ments to the Institution for the same purpose. Needless complication will be 
avoided by combining these appropriations in a single item. 
Attention is earnestly called to the fact that no provision has yet been made for 
carrying out the treaty for the immediate exchange of pas Hamieaary documents, for 
which $2,000 is here included. 
The aggregate of $23,000 covers but a portion of the expense for foe the Gov- 
ernment still being under the obligation to many of the trans-Atlantic steamship com- 
panies for the privilege of free freight generously accorded to the exchange service at 
its inception. 
December 5, 1892—House. 
Estimates for 1894. 
For 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, $23,000. 
Norre.—For 1891-92, $17,000 were appropriated directly to the Institution, and 
$2,561.31 were received from different government bureaus, leaving a deficiency of 
$563.79. 
The service has been curtailed on account of the reduced appropriation for 1892-93, 
but to continue the work throughout the year a deficiency of about $4,000 is inevit- 
able. 
The aggregate of $23,000 is intended to cover the expenses of carrying out a treaty 
for the immediate exchange of parliamentary documents, to which no effect has yet 
been given, and even this amount will not meet the entire expense of transportation, 
the Government still being under obligations to many steamship companies for the 
privilege of free freight. 
December 9, 1892—House. 
Deficiency estimates for 1893, ete. 
For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the 
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith- 
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