APPENDIX 5. 



REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL 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, 1922 : 



The appropriation granted by Congress for the support of the 

 service during the year was $50,000, the same as the amount for the 

 year 1921. The excess of these appropriations over those formerly 

 allowed for the system of international exchanges was designed to 

 meet the extraordinary expenses of forwarding, at the high ocean 

 and other transportation rates, the accumulations of packages that 

 were withheld awaiting the resumption of shipments to certain 

 foreign countries. In addition to the above appropriation, the usual 

 allotment of $200 for printing and binding was allowed by Congress. 

 The repayments from departmental and other establishments aggre- 

 gated $5,510.74, making the total resources available for carrying on 

 the system of exchanges for the year, $55,710.74. 



During the year 1922 the total number of packages handled was 

 383,157, a decrease from the number for the preceding year of 68,314. 

 These packages weighed a total of 592,600 pounds, a decrease of 

 12,712. While in consequence of the return to nearly normal con- 

 ditions the figures just given show a falling off in the number and 

 weight of packages passing through the service from those handled 

 last year, the work during the fiscal year 1922 exceeded by 41,490 the 

 number of packages handled in 1914, just prior to the World War, 

 which indicates a steady increase in the work of the office. 



The number and w^eight of the packages of different classes are 

 given in the following table : 





Packages. 



Weight. 





Sent. 



Received . 



Sent. 



Received. 



United States parliamentarv documents sent abroad 



133,363 





Pounds. 

 82,905 



Pounds. 



Publications received in return for parliamentary documents. . . 



2,687 



7, 782 





128,755 



191,502 





Pulslications received in return for departmental documents . . 



7,111 



22,600 



Miscellaneous scientific and literary pulilications sent abroad 



82, 730 



222,741 





Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications received from 

 abroad for distribution in the United States 



28,511 



65,070 











Total 



344, 848 



38.309 



497,148 1 95,452 



Grand total 



383 157 



592 600 













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