54 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Tabular statement of the work of the International Exchange Service during the 



fiscal year rj04-5. 





Number 

 of pack- 



Weight 

 of pack- 



Number of correspondents June 

 30, 1905. 



Pack- 

 ages 

 sent to 

 domes- 

 tic ad- 

 dresses. 



Cases 



Date. 



ages 

 han- 

 dled. 



ages 

 han- 

 dled. 



For- 

 eign so- 

 cieties. 



Domes- 

 tic so- 

 cieties. 



Foreign Domes- 



individ-1 tic indi 



uals. , viduals. 



shipped 

 abroad. 



1904. 



July 



August 



September 



11,282 

 10,191 

 11,047 

 17,131 

 9,347 

 18,389 



14,518 

 18,026 

 11,964 

 20,297 

 11,024 

 12.. 587 



165. 753 

 6,770 



29,131 

 27,175 

 21,690 

 53,511 

 24,743 

 57,919 



38,149 

 50,599 

 39,636 

 64,631 

 26,957 

 41,730 



0474,871 

 a 6, 539 



























1 











... i 























December 



' 











1905. 

 January ^ 





























March 













April 













May - . 





" 







June 



















Total 



14,018 3.574 



27,263 1 7.025 



44,898 2.027 



Increase over 1903-4. 



761 



110 



2,362 



575 



6,196 



40 



« Decrease. 



The following table shows the number of packages of exchanges handled and 

 the increase in the number of correspondents each year froin 1898 to 1905 : 



Number of packages re- 

 ceived , 



Weight of packages re- 

 ceived .pounds. 



Correspondents: 



Foreign societies 



Foreign individuals 



Domestic societies 



Domestic individuals 



Packages to domestic ad- 



. dresses 



Cases shipped abroad 



1898-99. 



317,883 



10,322 



13,378 



2,596 



4.673 



30,645 

 1,500 



1899-1900. 



1900-1. 



113, 5&3 



121,060 



409,991 



414, 277 



10,845 



11,395 



15,385 



16,261 



3,721 



2,996 



5,000 



5,153 



28,635 



31,367 



1,768 



1,757 



1901-2. 1902-3. 



125,796 i 1.50,217 



396,418 j 559,718 

 i 



11,760 1 13,121 



17,701 j 21,332 



3,182 j 3,319 



5, .557 ; 6,240 



j 



33,961 33,980 



1,847 2.461 



190.3-4. 



158,983 



481,410 



13,2.57 



24,901 



3,464 



6,450 



38,702 

 1,987 



1904-5. 



165. 7.53 



474,871 



14,018 

 27,263- 



3,574 

 7,025 



44,898 

 2.027 



The total number of correspondents has increased from year to year until 

 the aggregate is now 51,880, or 8.808 more than at the conclusion of the fiscal 

 year 1903-4. The correspondents in the TTnited States number 10,599, and 

 those in all other countries 41,281. Of the latter'number organized bodies main- 

 taining libraries number 14.018, and those classified as individuals aggregate 

 27,263. 



