During the year there were sent abroad 1,963 boxes (an increase over 1908 of 54 boxes), of which 236 contained complete sets of United States Government documents for authorized depositories and 1,727 were filled with departmental and other publications for depositories of partial sets and for distribution to miscellaneous correspondents.

EXCHANGE OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.

The number of packages sent abroad through the International Exchange Service by United States Government establishments during the year was 122,340, an increase over the number forwarded during the preceding twelve months of 19,646; while 20,216 packages were received in exchange, an increase of 3,363. This disparity between the number of packages received and those sent may be accounted for largely by the fact that many returns for the publications forwarded abroad are not made through the exchange service, but are sent to their destinations direct by mail. This difference is further due to the

practice of sending consignments to the Library of Congress intact, in many cases a whole box of publications being entered on the records of this office as one package.

FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.

In accordance with treaty stipulations and under the authority of the congressional resolutions of March 2, 1867, and March 2, 1901, setting apart a certain number of documents for exchange with foreign countries, there are now sent regularly to depositories abroad 55 full sets of United States official publications and 33 partial sets-Servia having been added during the year to the list of countries receiving full sets and Alsace-Lorraine to the list of those receiving partial sets, the details concerning which will be found above. The recipients of full and partial sets are as follows:

DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS.

Argentina: Ministerio de Relaciónes Exteriores, Buenos Aires.
Argentina: Biblioteca de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Australia: Library of the Commonwealth Parliament, Melbourne.
Austria: K. K. Statistische Central-Commission, Vienna.

Baden Universitäts-Bibliothek, Freiburg.

Bavaria: Königliche Hof- und Staats-Bibliothek, Munich.

Belgium: Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels.

Brazil: Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.

Canada: Parliamentary Library, Ottawa.

Cape Colony: Government Stationery Department, Cape Town.

Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, Santiago.

China American-Chinese Publication Exchange Department, Shanghai Bureau

of Foreign Affairs, Shanghai.

Colombia: Biblioteca Nacional, Bogotá.

Costa Rica: Oficina de Depósito y Canje de Publicaciones, San José.

Cuba Department of State, Habana.

Denmark: Kongelige Bibliotheket, Copenhagen.

England: British Museum, London.

England London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

France: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

France: Préfecture de la Seine, Paris.

Germany Deutsche Reichstags-Bibliothek, Berlin.

Greece: Bibliothèque Nationale, Athens.

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

Hungary Hungarian House of Delegates, Budapest.

India Home Department, Government of India, Calcutta.

Ireland: National Library of Ireland, Dublin.

Italy: Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele, Rome.

Japan: Department of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo.

Manitoba Provincial Library, Winnipeg.

Mexico: Instituto Bibliográfico, Biblioteca Nacional, Mexico.

Netherlands: Library of the States General, The Hague.

New South Wales: Board for International Exchanges, Sydney.

New Zealand: General Assembly Library, Wellington.

Norway: Storthingets Bibliothek, Christiania.

Ontario: Legislative Library, Toronto.

Peru: Biblioteca Nacional, Lima.

Portugal: Bibliotheca Nacional, Lisbon.

Prussia: Königliche Bibliothek, Berlin.

Quebec: Legislative Library, Quebec.

Queensland: Parliamentary Library, Brisbane.
Russia Imperial Public Library, St. Petersburg.
Saxony: Königliche Oeffentliche Bibliothek, Dresden.
Servia Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Belgrade.

South Australia: Parliamentary Library, Adelaide.

Spain: Depósito de Libros, Cambio Internacional y Biblioteca General del
Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, Madrid.

Sweden: Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm.
Switzerland: Bibliothèque Fédérale, Berne.

Tasmania: Parliamentary Library, Hobart.

Transvaal: Government Library, Pretoria.

Turkey: Department of Public Instruction, Constantinople.

Uruguay: Oficina de Depósito, Reparto y Canje Internacional de Publicaciones, Montevideo.

Venezuela: Biblioteca Nacional, Carácas.

Victoria Public Library, Melbourne.

Western Australia: Public Library of Western Australia, Perth.

Württemberg: Königliche Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart.

DEPOSITORIES OF PARTIAL SETS.

Alberta Legislative Library, Edmonton.

Alsace-Lorraine: K. Ministerium für Elsass-Lothringen, Strassburg.
Bolivia: Ministerio de Colonización y Agricultura, La Paz.

British Columbia: Legislative Library, Victoria.

Bremen: Kommission für Reichs- und Auswärtige Angelegenheiten.

Bulgaria: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sofia.

Ceylon United States Consul, Colombo.

Ecuador: Biblioteca Nacional, Quito.

Egypt: Bibliothèque Khédiviale, Cairo.

Guatemala: Secretary of the Government, Guatemala.

Hamburg: Senatskommission für die Reichs- und Auswärtigen Angelegenheiten. Hesse: Grossherzogliche Hof-Bibliothek, Darmstadt.

Honduras: Secretary of the Government, Tegucigalpa.

Jamaica Colonial Secretary, Kingston.

Liberia Department of State, Monrovia.

Lourenço Marquez: Government Library, Lourenço Marquez.

Malta: Lieutenant-Governor, Valetta.

Montenegro: Ministère Princier des Affaires Étrangères, Cetinje.
Natal: Colonial Governor, Pietermaritzburg.

Newfoundland: Colonial Secretary, St. John.

New Brunswick: Legislative Library, St. John.

Nicaragua: Superintendente de Archivos Nacionales, Managua.

Northwest Territories: Government Library, Regina.

Nova Scotia: Legislative Library, Halifax.

Orange River Colony: Government Library, Bloemfontein.

Panama: Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Panama.

Prince Edward Island: Legislative Library, Charlottetown.

Paraguay: Oficina General de Informaciones y Canjes y Commisaria General de Inmigracion, Asuncion.

Roumania: Academia Romana, Bucarest.

Salvador: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, San Salvador.

Straits Settlements: Colonial Secretary, Singapore.
Siam: Department of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok.
Vienna: Bürgermeister der Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt.

CORRESPONDENTS.

The record of exchange correspondents at the close of the year contained 62,630 addresses, being an increase of 2,507 over the preceding year. A table showing the number of correspondents in each country at the close of 1907 will be found in the report for that year.

LIST OF BUREAUS OR AGENCIES THROUGH WHICH EXCHANGES ARE TRANSMITTED.

Following is a list of bureaus or agencies abroad through which the distribution of exchanges is effected. Those in the larger and many in the smaller countries forward to the Smithsonian Institution in return contributions for distribution in the United States:

Algeria, via France.

Angola, via Portugal.

Argentina: Presidente de la Comisión Protectora de Bibliotecas Populares, Ministerio de Instrucción Pública, Buenos Aires.

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

Azores, via Portugal.

Barbados: Imperial Department of Agriculture, Bridgetown.

Belgium: Service Belge des Échanges Internationaux, Brussels.

Bermuda. (Sent by mail.)

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

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

British Colonies: Crown Agents for the Colonies, London."

British Guiana: Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society, Georgetown. British Honduras: Colonial Secretary, Belize.

Bulgaria: Institutions et Bibliothèque Scientifiques de S. A. R. le Prince de Bulgarie, Sofia.

Cape Colony: Government Stationery Department, Cape Town.

Chile: Servicio de Canjes Internacionales, Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago.

China Zi-ka-wei Observatory, Shanghai.

Colombia: Oficina de Canjes Internacionales y Reparto, Biblioteca Nacional,
Bogota.

Costa Rica: Oficina de Depósito y Canje de Publicaciones, San José.
Cuba. (Sent by mail.)

Denmark: Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen.
Dutch Guiana: Surinaamsche Koloniale Bibliotheek, Paramaribo.
Ecuador: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Quito.
Egypt: Director-General, Survey Department, Giza (Mudiria).
France: Service Français des Échanges Internationaux, Paris.
Friendly Islands. (Sent by mail.)

Germany: Karl W. Hiersemann, Königsstrasse 29, Leipzig.

• This method is employed for communicating with several of the British colonies with which no medium is available for forwarding exchanges direct,

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

Greece: Bibliothèque Nationale, Athens.

Greenland, via Denmark.

Guadeloupe, via France.

Guatemala: Instituto Nacional de Guatemala, Guatemala.

Guinea, via Portugal.

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

Honduras: Biblioteca Nacional, Tegucigalpa.

Hungary: Dr. Julius Pikler, Municipal Office of Statistics, City Hall, Budapest. Iceland, via Denmark.

India India Store Department, India Office, London.

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

Jamaica Institute of Jamaica, Kingston.

Japan: Department of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo.

Java, via Netherlands.

Korea. (Shipments temporarily suspended.)

Liberia Department of State, Monrovia.

Lourenço Marquez: Government Library, Lourenço Marquez.

Luxemburg, via Germany.

Madagascar, via France.

Madeira, via Portugal.

Mexico. (Sent by mail.)

Montenegro: Ministère Princier des Affaires Etrangères, Cetinje.

Mozambique, via Portugal.

Natal: Agent-General for Natal, London.

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

versité, Leyden.

Newfoundland. (Sent by mail.)

New Guinea, via Netherlands.

New Hebrides. (Sent by mail.)

New South Wales: Board for International Exchanges, Public Library, Sydney. New Zealand: Dominion Museum, Wellington.

Nicaragua: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Managua.

Norway: Kongelige Norske Frederiks Universitet Bibliotheket, Christiania. Paraguay: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Asuncion.

Persia Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, New York City. Peru: Oficina de Reparto, Depósito y Canje Internacional de Publicaciones, Ministerio de Fomento, Lima.

Portugal: Servico de Permutações Internacionaes, Bibliotheca Nacional, Lisbon. Queensland: Board of Exchanges, Brisbane.

Roumania, via Germany.

Russia: Commission Russe des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothèque Impériale Publique, St. Petersburg.

Saint Christopher. (Sent by mail.)

Salvador: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, San Salvador.

Santo Domingo. (Sent by mail.)

Servia Department of Foreign Affairs, Belgrade.

Siam: Department of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok.

South Australia: Public Library of South Australia, Adelaide.

Spain: Depósito de Libros, Cambio Internacional y Biblioteca General del Min isterio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, Madrid,

Sumatra, via Netherlands.