72 ANNUAL EEPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION^ 1913. 



effect the provisions of the convention concluded at Brussels in 1886, 

 providing for the immediate exchange of the official journal. 



The Governments of the Province of Buenos Aires, Liberia, and 

 Queensland have entered into this exchange during the year. A 

 complete list of the Governments to which the Congressional Kecord 

 is now sent is given below : 



Argentine Republic. Italy. 



Australia. Liberia. 



Austria. New South Wales. 



Baden. New Zealand. 



Belgium. . Portugal. 



Brazil. Prussia. 



Buenos Aires. Province of. Queensland. 



Canada. Roumania. 



Cuba. . Russia. 



Denmark. Servia. 



France. Spain. 



Great Britain. Switzerland. 



Greece. Transvaal. 



Guatemala. Union of South Africa. 



Honduras. Uruguay. 



Hungary. Western Australia. 



There are, therefore, at present 32 countries with which the imme- 

 diate exchange is conducted. To some of these countries, however, 

 two copies of the Congressional Record are sent, one to the upper 

 and one to the lower House of Parliament — the total number trans- 

 mitted being 37. 



RUIiES GOVERNING THE TRANSMISSION OF EXCHANGES. 



The circular containing the rules governing the transmission of 

 exchanges has been revised, and is here reproduced for the informa- 

 tion of those who may wish to make use of the facilities of the serv- 

 ice in the forwarding of publications. 



In effecting the distribution of its first publications abroad, the Smithsonian 

 Institution established relations with certain foreign scientific societies and libra- 

 ries, by means of which it was enabled to materially assist institutions and indi- 

 viduals of this country in the transmission of their publications abroad, and also 

 foreign societies and individuals in distributing their publications in the United 

 States. 



In recent years the Smithsonian Institution has been charged with the duty 

 of conducting the official Exchange Bureau of the United States Government, 

 through which the publications authorized by Congress are exchanged for those 

 of other Governments; and by a formal treaty it acts as intermediary between 

 the learned bodies and scientific and literai-y societies of the contracting States 

 for the reception and transmission of their publications. 



Attention is called to the fact that this is an international and not a domestic 

 exchange service, and that it is designed to facilitate exchanges between the 

 United States and other countries only. As exchanges from domestic sources 

 for addresses in Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and other territory 



