Appendix 3. 



EEPOET ON THE INTEENATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 

 tions of the International Exchange Service during the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1914 : 



The congressional appropriation for the support of the service 

 during the year, including the allotment for printing and binding, 

 was $32,200 (the same amount as appropriated for the past six 

 years), and the repayments from private and departmental sources 

 for services rendered aggregated $5,264.18, making the total available 

 resources for carrying on the exchange system $37,464.18. 



During the year 1914 the total number of packages handled was 

 341,667, an increase of 3,046 as compared with the preceding year. 

 The weight of these packages was 566,985 pounds, a decrease of 

 26,984 pounds. 



The number and weight of the packages of different classes are 

 indicated in the following table : 





Packages. 



Weight. 





Sent. 



Received. 



Sent. 



Received. 



United States parliamentary documents sent abroad 



131,469 





Pounds. 

 94,759 



Pounds. 





2,103 



9,913 



United States departmental documents sent abroad 



99,826 



199, 198 





Publications received in return for departmental documents . . 



8,994 



19,080 



Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications sent abroad . 



60,844 



130,624 



Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications received 

 from abroad for distribution in the United States 



38,431 



113,511 









Total 



292,139 



49,528 



424,481 



142, 504 







Grand total 



341-fifi'7 



566-98.'i 













In April, 1914, the American- Chinese Publication Exchange De- 

 partment of the Shanghai Bureau of Foreign Affairs, which was 

 designated a few years ago by the Chinese Government as the 

 depository of the set of United States governmental documents 

 sent to that Government, signified its willingness to accept pack- 

 ages for miscellaneous addresses throughout the Chinese Republic 



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