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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



RECEIPTS. 



Direct appropriation by Congress 



Repayments from United States Government Departments 



Repayments from State institutions 



Repayments from other sources • 



Total 



Congres- 

 sional 



appropri- 

 ation. 



$19, 000. 00 



19, 000. 00 



Other 

 sources. 



?2, 724. 87 

 126. 55 

 482. 91 



3, 334. 33 



Total. 



$19, 000. 00 



2, 724. 87 



126. 55 



482. 91 



22, 334. 33 



EXPENSES. 



Salaries and compensation 



Freight 



Postage and telegraph 



Stationery and supplies 



Packing boxes 



Traveling expenses 



Balance to meet outstanding liabilities June 30, 1897 



Total 



From Con- 

 gressional 

 appropri- 

 ation. 



$14, 864. 18 

 2, 291. 56 

 200. 00 

 397. 15 

 710. 20 

 357. 28 

 179. 63 



19, 000. 00 



From 



other 



sources. 



$2, 633. 90 



1.00 



296. 19 



393. 28 



$14, 864. 18 

 4, 925. 46 

 201. 00 

 693. 34 

 1, 103. 48 

 357. 28 

 189. 59 



3,334.33 i 22,334.33 



On account of the inadequacy of available resources "with which to bear the expense 

 necessary to the forwarding of all exchanges by the most expeditious routes, it has 

 at all times been necessary to obtain free ocean freiglit when practicable, and while 

 some of the steamship companies have forwarded exchanges as promptly as other 

 freight on which the full rates were paid, several of the lines have only been willing 

 to take exchange cases when there was ample room. 



To provide more adequate means with which to defray the expense of forwarding 

 exchanges promptly and by the fastest steamers, $2,000 was added to the appropria- 

 tion for 1896-97. Of this amount $1,283.53 was directly expended in the improvement 

 of freight facilities and the balance for the necessary increase in the cost of packing- 

 boxes and postage. 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



The publication of a revised foreign exchange list authorized by the Secretary in 

 March, 1895, has been accomplished, and the book is now being sent to societies and 

 libraries in the United States, to which'it will be of assistance in locating the names 

 of all institutions outside of the United States which have received packages through 

 the exchange system. This list, corrected to July 1, 1897, contains the names of 

 9,414 institutions, libraries, and societies, but owing to the frequent change in the 

 addresses of individuals, the names of persons, with few exceptions, have not been 

 included in this list, although the same minute ledger account of the interchange of 

 publications is kept with individuals as with institutions. 



There are now a total of 28,008 names on the records of the exchange bureau, an 

 excess of 3,094 over the preceding year; 21,427 of this number being foreign and 

 6,581 domestic. 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF OFFICIAL DOCQMENTS. 



The following table shows that during the past year 10,694 parcels have been 

 received through the exchange service and delivered to the various Departments of 

 the United States Government, while 30,008 packages have been received from Gov- 



