50 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



There has also been an increase of 1,450 in the number of correspondents, foreign and 

 domestic, which now aggregate nearly 30,000 addresses, representing practically 

 every civilized part of the world. 



The work of the service is succinctly given in the following table : 



TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE WORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE. 



Transactions of the International Exchanges during the fiscal year 1807-9S. 





Number 



Weight 

 of pack- 

 ages 

 handled. 



Number of correspondents June 30, 1898. 



Packages 





Date. 



of pack- 

 ages 

 handled. 



• 



Foreign 

 societies. 



Domestic 

 societies. 



Foreign 



indi- 

 viduals. 



Domestic 



indi- 

 viduals. 



sent to do- a \"^ K % 



mesticad-j B }W* d 



dresses. abroad - 



1897. 



7,255 

 8,299 

 3,469 



33,095 

 30, 392 



10, 244 

 29, 601 



60, 152 



11, 634 



27, 797 

 17,292 

 15, 214 

 23, 747 

 19, 936 

 22, 368 











































9,412 

 8,280 

 4,600 



8,537 









































1898. 

















5. 354 















March 5, 953 















April i 7,826 



May ' 6,631 



June 8.592 



































Total 



Increase over 

 1896 97... 













84, 208 



301, 472 



10, 165 



2,533 ; 12,378 



4,382 



21, 057 



1,330 



3,046 



54, 028 



751 



88 



365 



246 



a 2, 562 



30 









a Decrease. 



For the purpose of comparison the following table represents the number of pack- 

 ages of exchanges handled and the increase in the number of correspondents each 

 year from 1892 to 1898 : 



1891-92. 



Number of packages received 97, 02* 



Weight of packages received... lbs.. 226,517 

 Ledger accounts : 



Foreign societies 6, 204 



7,910 

 2,044 

 4,524 

 26, 000 

 1,015 



Foreign individuals 



Domestic societi es 



Domestic individuals 



Packages to domestic addresses. 

 Cases shipped abroad 



1892-93. 



101, 063 

 200, 928 



6,896 

 8,554 

 2,414 

 5,010 

 29, 454 

 878 



1893-94. 



97, 969 

 235, 028 



1894-95. 1895-96. 1896-97. 



107,118 

 326, 955 



258, 731 



6,991 



8,751 



8,022 



8,619 



9,609 



10, 878 



1,620 



2,014 



2,115 



2,993 



3,034 



3,899 



32, 931 



29, 111 



34, 091 



905 



1,364 



1,043 



81, 162 

 247, 444 



9,414 

 12, 013 



2,445 



4,136 

 23, 619 



1,300 



1897-98. 



84, 208 

 301, 472 



10, 165 

 12, 378 

 2,533 

 4, 382 

 21, 057 

 1,330 



EXPENSES. 



The expense of the exchange system is met in part by direct appropriation by 

 Congress to the Smithsonian Institution for that purpose and in part by appropria- 

 tions to different bureaus of the Government for repayment to the Institution of a 

 portion of the cost of transportation, the rate of which repayment was fixed by the 



