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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Transactions of the exchange office of the Smithsonian Institution during 

 the fiscal year 1888-'89 — Ooutinued. 





1889. 

 Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



Total. 



Increase 

 over 



1887-'88. 



Number of packages received . 

 Weight of packages rec'd (lbs.) 

 Entries made : 



Foreign 



3,926 

 12, 233 



4,560 

 1,542 



10, 432 



18, 972 



4 304 

 1,302 



3, 032 

 9, 931 



3,006 

 1, 282 



5 107 

 12, 002 



5,186 



2,078 



12,218 

 25, 560 



8,268 

 1,164 



75, 966 

 179, 928 



46, 142 



18, 256 



4,466 

 1,355 



4,699 



2,610 



17,218 



14, 095 



693 



7,440 



6,882 



1,214 



2,050 



859 

 30, 298 



5,994 

 # 5, 254 



331 



Domestic 



Ledger cards : 



Foreign societies 



Domestic societies 













290 



Foreign individuals 













656 



Domestic individuals 













861 



Domestic packages sent 



Invoices written 



1,293 



886 

 40 



491 

 472 



138 

 143 



1, 426 



1,371 



96 



389 

 757 



111 



225 



971 



886 



51 



542 

 345 



86 

 161 



2,575 



985 

 57 



424 

 928 



82 

 102 



1,053 



3,462 



124 



387 

 583 



112 

 231 



4,917 

 570 



Cases shipped abroad 



30 



Acknowledgments recorded : 

 Foreign 



*530 



Domestic 



2,074 



Letters : 



Recorded 



152 



Written 



246 







* Decrease. 

 Or for comparison with the number of packages handled during recent years : 



Packages. 



1886-'87. 



1887-'88. 



1888-'89. 



Received 



52, 218 



10, 294 

 41,424 



75, 107 



12, 301 

 62, 306 



75, 966 



Shipped : 



Domestic 



17,218 



Foreign 



58, 035 







The small increase in the number of packages (859) received during 1838-'89 as 

 compared with the preceding fiscal years, though offset by the large increase iu weight 

 (30,298 pounds), is accounted for by the fact that a number of regular shipments from 

 Government bureaus were delayed beyond the close of the fiscal year. 



EXPENSE. 



From an examination of the books of the disbursing officer it appears that the 

 actual cost of the exchange service for the year has been $17,152.10, divided as fol- 

 ows : 



Salaries and compensation of employe's $11, 479. 25 



Salaries of foreign agents (London and Leipzig) 1, 500. 00 



Freight. 2,555.23 



Packing-boxes 586.20 



Printing, postage, stationery, and miscellaneous 1,031.42 



Total 17,152.10 



Fifteen thousand dollars of this sum were appropriated directly by Congress for 

 " the expenses of the system of international exchanges * * * under the direction 



