Appendix III. 



REPORT ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL 

 EXCHANGES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1896. 



SiR: I haTe the honor to submit the following report upon the operations of the 

 Bureau of International Exchanges for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896: 



The actual number of packages received from all sources for distribution during 

 the year ending June 30, 1896, was 18,240 less than during the preceding year, 

 although 540 names were added to the list of foreign correspondents and the domes- 

 tic list was increased by 966. 



During the year a large number of Government departmental publications, 

 being within the weight limited by the postal regulations, have been forwarded 

 direct by mail, whereas similar transmissions ordinarily pass through the Exchange 

 Bureau. This fact is accountable in part for the decrease of the number of trans- 

 missions as compared with the preceding year. 



TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE WORK OF THE BUREAU. 



The work of the Bureau is succinctly given in the following table, prepared in 

 accordance with the form used in preceding reports: 



Transactions of the Bureau of International Exchanges during the fiscal year 1895-96. 





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8,733 

 4,312 

 6,701 

 6,760 

 7,400 

 5,966 



9,092 

 8,431 

 5,996 

 8,215 

 4,444 

 12, 828 



12, 501 

 16, 192 

 22, 395 

 16, 150 

 18, 786 

 13, 077 



21, 787 

 :8,038 

 19, 607 

 19, 051 



13, 321 

 67, 826 

















230 

 205 

 169 

 206 

 197 

 184 



170 

 209 

 192 

 167 

 215 

 223 



215 



















134 



















149 



















195 



















170 



















210 



1896. 

















249 



















154 



















205 



















133 



















311 



















246 























88, 878 



258, 731 



8,022 2,115 



10, 878 



3,899 



34, 091 



21, 783 



1,043 



2,367 



2 371 







Increase over 1894-95. 



al 8,240 



a68,224 



a 729 



101 



1,269 



865 



4,980 



a 5,397 



a 321 



a 76 



112 



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