RELATIVE INTERCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER

COUNTRIES.

Following is a comparative statement of exchange transmissions between the United States and other countries during the years 1904 and 1905, respectively. Exchanges were conducted with 153 countries during the year ended June 30, 1905, or two more than during the preceding year:

Comparative statement of packages received for transmission through the International Exchange Service during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, and June 30, 1905.

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With few exceptions the same arrangements exist for distributing exchanges in other countries as those mentioned in the previous report, and, although it is a source of regret that every country does not maintain an official exchange bureau-among the most important being England, Germany, and AustriaHungary-the Institution has been successful in enlisting the services of some institution of learning or prominent individual in nearly all countries not officially represented, with the result that means have been found for forwarding exchanges to every part of the world. On account of the extent of the work; and various disturbances which are liable to occur, interruptions and delays are sometimes unavoidable.

China is still considering the proposal to establish an official exchange bureau, and efforts were recently renewed through the diplomatic service with that end in view, but, pending more satisfactory arrangements, facilities have been added to the somewhat limited method of distribution. Packages for Shanghai are now forwarded by post, under frank, through the United States postal agency in that city, and through the courtesy of the Zi-ka-wei Observatory parcels for the provinces are distributed with reasonable dispatch.

On account of the difficulty in transporting exchanges from the coast to the city of Quito all transmissions to Ecuador were suspended for twenty-one months, but through the efforts of the American minister consignments were renewed on April 4, 1905, with the mutual understanding that exchanges for Guayaquil and other coast towns should be packed in separate boxes and distributed to addressees from the port of entry. This arrangement is only temporary, and, on the completion of a railroad now in course of construction from Guayaquil to Quito, it is expected that all consignments will be forwarded direct to the last-mentioned city and thence distributed.

Following is a list of correspondents abroad through which the distribution of exchanges is accomplished. Most of those in the larger and many in the smaller countries forward reciprocal contributions to the Smithsonian Institution for distribution in the United States:

Algeria (via France).

Angola (via Portugal).

Argentina: Museo Nacional, Buenos Ayres.

Austria: K. K. Statistische Central-Commission, Vienna.

Azores (via Portugal).

Barbados: Imperial Department of Agriculture, Bridgetown.

Belgium: Service Belge des Échanges Littéraires Internationaux, Brussels.

Bolivia: Oficina Nacional de Inmigracion, Estadística y Propaganda Geográfica, La Paz.

Brazil: Serviço de Permutações Internacionaes, Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.

British Colonies: Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.

Bulgaria: Dr. Paul Leverkühn, Sofia.

Canada Sent by mail.

Canary Islands (via Spain).

Cape Colony: Superintendent of the Government Stationery Department, Cape Town.

Chile: Universidad de Chile, Santiago.

China: Zi-ka-wei Observatory, Shanghai.

Colombia: Biblioteca Nacional, Bogotá.

Costa Rica: Oficina de Depósito y Canje de Publicaciones, San José.
Denmark: Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen.
Dutch Guiana Surinaamsche Koloniale Bibliotheek, Paramaribo.

Ecuador: Minister of Foreign Relations, Quito.

Fast India India Store Department, India Office, London.

Egypt: Société Khédiviale de Géographie, Cairo.

France: Bureau Français des Échanges Internationaux, Paris.

Friendly Islands: Sent by mail.

Germany Karl W. Hiersemann, Königsstrasse 3, Leipzig.

Great Britain and Ireland: Messrs. William Wesley & Son, 28 Essex street, Strand, London.

Greece: Director of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens.

Greenland (via Denmark).

Guadeloupe (via France).

Guatemala: Instituto Nacional de Guatemala, Guatemala.

Guinea (via Portugal).

Haiti Secrétaire d'État des Relations Extérieures, Port au Prince.

Honduras: Biblioteca Nacional, Tegucigalpa.

Hungary: Dr. Joseph von Körösy, “Redoute," Budapest.

Iceland (via Denmark).

Italy: Ufficio degli Scambi Internazionali, Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele, Rome.

Jamaica Institute of Jamaica, Kingston.

Japan: Foreign Office, Tokyo.

Java (via Netherlands).

Liberia Care of American Colonization Society, Washington, D. C.

Luxemburg (via Germany).

Madagascar (via France).

Madeira (via Portugal).

Mexico: Sent by mail.

Mozambique (via l'ortugal).

Natal: Agent-General for Natal, London.

Netherlands: Bureau Scientifique Central Néerlandais, Bibliothèque de l'Uni

versité, Leyden.

New Guinea (via Netherlands).

New Hebrides: Sent by mail.

Newfoundland: Sent by mail.

New South Wales: Board for International Exchanges, Sydney.

New Zealand: Colonial Museum, Wellington.

• This method is employed for communicating with a large number of the British colonies with which no means are available for forwarding exchanges direct.