Appendix II. 



REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES FOR THE 

 YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1889. 



Washington, D. C, November 20, 1889. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the ex- 

 change bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. During the greater part of 

 this time the bureau was under the charge of the late Dr. Jerome H. Kidder, whose 

 able administration has contributed largely to its present efficiency. At the date of 

 his death, April 6, 1889, Mr. Boehmer, upon whom the care of the office immediately 

 devolved, reported that the exchange department, for the first time in its history, had 

 disposed of all packages received, and was prepared to close its book accounts. 



In continuation of the statistics usually presented, the following table exhibits in 

 detail the exchange transactions for each month of the fiscal year : 



Transactions of the exchange office of the Smithsonian Institution during 

 the fiscal year 1888-'89. 



Number of packages received 



Weight of packages received (lbs.) 

 Entries made: 



Foreign 



Domestic 



Ledger cards : 



Foreign societies 



Domestic societies 



Foreign individuals 



Domestic individuals 



Domestic packages sent 



Invoices written 



Cases shipped abroad 



Acknowledgments recorded: 



Foreign 



Domestic 



Letters : 



Recorded 



Written 



1888, 

 July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



3,305 

 16, 262 



2,754 

 6,835 



12, 215 

 24, 337 



5,448 

 19, 162 



2, 733 

 9,248 



12, 616 

 19, 190 



2, 294 

 2, 098 



2, 232 



1,028 



2,994 

 1,342 



4,158 

 1,532 



2, 482 

 1,896 



3,088 

 1,590 



4,194 

 1,070 

 4,153 

 1,556 

 2,001 

 459 

 16 











4.339 

 1,198 

 4,437 

 2, 152 

 1,664 

 788 

 71 



























787 



199 



33 



1,063 



1,889 

 81 



1,410 



2, 034 



73 



1,647 



341 



24 



908 

 558 



934 

 471 



572 

 373 



791 

 512 



700 



6S6 



708 

 637 



86 

 146 



87 

 147 



108 

 220 



115 

 166 



93 

 131 



72 



201 



1889. 

 Jan. 



2,180 

 6,196 



3,570 

 4,002 



1,328 



795 



27 



594 

 560 



127 



177 



