REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 47 



EXCHANGES AND TRANSPORTATION. 



The operations in the department of exchanges, as reported for 1SG1, showed 

 a considerable reduction below those of the previous year. During 18G2, 

 however, they have fully recovered their usual magnitude, and while the receipts 

 of books and parcels from abroad are nearly equal to the maximum of any 

 previous year, the transmissions have been greater than usual. 



The thanks of the Institution and its correspondents continue to be due to 

 various companies for their great liberality in transporting boxes and parcels 

 free of charge over their respective routes, thereby reducing very materially 

 the expenses of the department of exebanges. The lines deserving of especial 

 mention are the North German Lloyd, between Bremen and New York; ihc 

 Hamburg and New York steamship line; the Cunard lines, running from New 

 York; the Panama Railroad Company; tbe Pacific Mail Steamship Company; 

 the Adams's Express Company; the Hudson Bay Company, &c. TJie magni- 

 tude of the favors thus conferred may be readily understood by stating that a 

 single transmission of packages to Germany during the year, through the North 

 German Lloyd, consisted of 4G boxes of 424 cubic feet, or over ten tons by 

 measurement. 



The Institution is under many obligations for important services rendered in 

 connexion with its exchanges and transportation, to the Hon. Hiram Barney, 

 collector of customs in New York, and his assistant, Mr. George Hillier. Also 

 in San Francisco, to Mr. A. B. Forbes, and Mr. Samuel Hubbaul, of the Pa- 

 cific Mail Steamship Company's service. The foreign agents of the Insti- 

 tution, Dr. Felix Fliigel, of Leipsic; Gustave Bossange & Co., Paris, and Mr. 

 William Wesley, 2 Queen's Head Passage, Paternoster Row, Loudon, continue 

 to discharga their duties with promptness and efficiency. 



The following tables exhibit the statistics of the different branches of the 

 system of exchanges : 



A. 



Receipt of boohs, fyc, by exchange in 1862. 



Volumes : 



Octavo r 1,211 



Quarto 348 



Folio 52 



1,611 



Parts of volumes and pamphlets : 



Octavo 2, 441 



Quarto 7G7 



Folio 1G1 



3, 369 



Maps and charts 55 



Total 5, 035 



Receipts in 1861 2, 886 



Excess in 1862 2, 149 



