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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



For comparison with previous years, I add a statement from 1889 to 1895, which 

 will make apparent the growth of the service: 



Nnniber of packages received. . 

 Weight of packages received. . 

 Ledger accounts : 



Foreign societies 



Foreign individuals 



Domestic societies 



Domestic individuals 



Domestic packages sent 



Invoices written 



Cases shipped abroad 



Letters received 



Letters written 



75, 966 

 179, 928 



4,466 



4,699 



1,355 



2,610 



17, 218 



14, 095 



693 



1,214 



2,050 



82, 572 

 202. 657 



5, 131 



6,340 



1,431 



3,100 



13, 216 



16, 948 



873 



1,509 



1,625 



90, 666 

 237, 612 



5,981 



7,072 



1,588 



4,207 



29, 047 



21,923 



962 



2,207 



2,417 



1891-92. 1892-93 



97, 027 

 226, 517 



6,204 

 7,910 

 2,044 

 4,524 

 26, 000 

 23, 136 

 1,015 

 2,323 

 2,752 



101, 063 

 200, 928 



6,896 



8,554 



2,414 



5,010 



29, 454 



19, 996 



878 



2,013 



2,259 



1893-94. 



97, 969 

 235, 028 



6,991 



8,619 



1,620 



2,993 



32, 931 



20, 869 



905 



2,166 



1,904 



1894-95. 



107, 118 

 326, 955 



8 751 

 9,609 

 2,014 

 3,034 

 29,111 

 27, 180 

 I, 364 

 2,443 

 2,259 



EXPENSE'S. 



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

 gress to the Smithsonian Institution for the purpose, and in part by appropriations 

 made to different Government Departments or Bureaus, either in their contingent 

 funds or in specific terms for repayment to the Institution for a portion of the cost 

 of transportation. 



In 1878 the Board of Regents established a charge of 5 cents per pound weight for 

 the publications sent put or received by the various Government Bureaus, this charge 

 being necessary to prevent an undue tax ujjon the resources of the Institution. For 

 similar reasons it has been found necessary to make a charge of like amount to State 

 institutions, from which a further small revenue has been derived. 



The ajypropriation made by Congress to the Institution for the exchange service 

 for the fiscal year 1894-95 was in the following terms : 



"For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States 

 and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, seventeen thousand dollars." 



The receipts and disbursements by the accounting officer of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution on account of international exchanges, under date of July 1, 1895, covering 

 the fiscal year immediately preceding, were as follows: 



RECEIPTS. 



Direct appropriation by Congress $17, 000. 00 



Repayment to tbe Smithsonian Institution from United States Govern- 

 ment Departments 5, 327. 54 



State institutions 35. 50 



From other sources 297. 84 



Total 22, 660. 88 



