66 EEPOET OF THE ACTING SECRETARY, 



During the year a request was received througli diplomatic channels from 

 the Government of Lourengo Marquez for certain otRcial publications of the 

 United States, to be deposited in the Government Library of that province. 

 This request was complied with, and the first shipment was made on December 

 30, 1905. This is the only addition to the list of depositories of partial sets 

 during the year 1906. In exchange for these documents the authorities of 

 Portuguese East Afric-a have stated that there would be sent to the United 

 States not only the publications of Louremjo Marquez, but also those of the 

 Province of Mozambique as well as of the different chartered companies. 



The complete list of depositories of partial sets is as follows : 

 Austria-Hungary : Biirgermeister der Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt, Vienna. 

 Bolivia : United States Minister, La Paz. 

 British Columbia : Legislative Library, Victoria. 

 Bulgaria : Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sofia. 

 Ceylon : United States consul. Colombo. 

 Egypt : Bibliotheque Khediviale, Cairo. 

 Germany : Grossherzogliche Hof-Bibliothek, Darmstadt. 

 Germany : Senatskommission fiir die Reichs- und auswartigen Angelenheiten. 



Hamburg. 

 Germany : Foreign Office, Bremen. 

 Guatemala : Secretary of the Government, Guatemala. 

 Honduras : Secretary of the Government, Tegucigalpa. 

 Jamaica : Colonial Secretary, Kingston. 



Lourengo Marquez : Government Library, Lourengo Marquez. 

 Malta : Lieutenant-Governor, Valetta. 

 Newfoundland : Colonial Secretary, St. Johns. 

 New Brunswick : Legislative Library, St. John. 

 Natal : Colonial Governor, Pietermaritzburg. 

 Nicaragua : Superintendente de Aix-hivos Nacionales, Managua. 

 Nova Scotia : Legislative Library, Halifax. 

 Northwest Territories : Government Library, Regina. 

 Orange River Colony : Government Library, Bloemfontein. 

 Prince Edward Island : Legislative Library, Charlottetown. 

 Paraguay : Oficina General de Informaciones y Canjes y Commisaria General 



de Inmigracion, Asuncion. 

 Roumania : Academia Romana, Bukharest. 

 Salvador : Ministerio de Relaciones Exteri.ores, San Salvador. 

 Straits Settlements : Colonial Secretary, Singapoi-e. 

 Siam : Foreign Office, Bangkok. 



The chief clerk of this office. Mr. W. I. Adams, was, on June 12, 1905, tem- 

 porarily transferred to the Smithsonian Institution as disbursing agent, though 

 the International Exchanges has profited by his experience and advice on 

 numerous occasions. 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, who was acting curator of Exchanges since February 1, 

 1901, terminated his services with this office on June 30, 1905, and resumed his 

 duties in the Bureau of American Ethnology. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the work of the Exchanges has increased over 

 last year and the force has been reduced, the business of the office, in all its 

 branches, was up to date at the end of the year, there being no accumulations 

 on hand. 



To those correspondents abroad who give their personal attention and doubt- 

 less often expend private means in furthering the interests of the International 



