50 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Statement of packages transmitted through the Smithsonian Exchange Service during the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. 



Country. 



Algeria 



Angola 



Argentina 



Austria-Hungary 



Azores 



Bahamas 



Barbados 



Belgium 



Bermudas 



Bolivia 



Borneo 



Brazil 



Briti"ii America 



British Burmah 



British colonies a 



British Guiana 



Cape Colony 



Chile 



China 



Colombia 



Corea 



Costa Eica 



Cuba 



Denmark 



Dutch Guiana 



Ecuador 



Egypt 



France 



Friendly Islands 



Germany 



Great Britain and Ireland. 



Greece 



Greenland 



Guadeloupe 



Guatemala 



Guinea 



Haiti 



Hawaiian Islands 



Honduras 



Iceland 



India 



Italy 



Jamaica 



Japan 



Packages. 



For. From 



1 



1,214 



2,887 



15 



14 



5 



1,412 



7 



10 



3 



820 



1,576 



6 



62 



24 



172 



598 



114 



265 



2 



165 



128 



652 



8 



30 



69 



5,877 



3 



10, 506 



10, 092 



105 



3 



5 



57 



1 



232 



58 



8 



48 



817 



2,763 



49 



805 



378 

 1,636 



393 

 34 



778 

 856 



2 



• 4 



17 



108 



613 

 215 



4,988 



8,145 



30 



182 

 1, 393 



Country. 



12 



Java 



Liberia 



Madagascar 



Madeira 



Malta 



Mauritius 



Mexico 



Netherlands 



New Guinea 



New South Wales 



New Zealand - 



Nicaragua 



Norway 



Paraguay 



Persia 



Peru 



Philippine Islands 



Portugal 



Queensland 



Koumania 



Eussia . .* 



Santo Domingo 



San Salvador 



Servia 



Siam 



South African Republic. 



South Australia 



Spain 



St. Helena 



Straits Settlements 



Syria 



Sweden 



Switzerland 



Tasmania 



Trinidad 



Tunis 



Turkey 



Turks Island 



United States 



Uruguay 



Venezuela 



Victoria 



"West Australia 



Zanzibar 



Packages. 



For. From 



113 



29 



5 



1 



40 



43 



1,108 



1,194 



712 



433 



19 



755 



12 



3 



307 



49 



526 



466 



48 



2,246 



2 



43 



16 



13 



26 



358 



646 



7 



24 



5 



1,161 



1,570 



299 



39 



2 



293 



1 



23, 619 



317 



272 



652 



238 



1 



a Other than those specifically mentioned. 



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EFFICIENCY OP THE SERVICE. 



During the past year the exchange of parliamentary documents with Mexico has 

 been resumed, and twenty cases that had accumulated were forwarded on Decem- 

 ber 29, 1896. Hereafter each case as completed will be transmitted promptly. 



The exchange of public documents with Japan has also been renewed during the 



