gn governments (ANNEX IV) 211

International Meridian Conference

HELD IN THE

CITY OF WASHINGTON.

I.

SESSION OF OCTOBER 1, 1884.

The Delegates to the International Meridian Conference, who assembled
in Washington upon invitation addressed by the Government of the
United States to all nations holding diplomatic relations with it,
"for the purpose of fixing upon a meridian proper to be employed as a
common zero of longitude and standard of time-reckoning throughout the
globe," held their first conference to-day, October 1, 1884, in the
Diplomatic Hall of the Department of State.

The following delegates were present:

On behalf of Austria-Hungary--

Baron IGNATZ VON SCHAEFFER,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.

On behalf of Brazil--

Dr. LUIZ CRULS,
_Director of the Imperial Observatory of Rio Janeiro_.

On behalf of Colombia--

Commodore S. R. FRANKLIN, _U. S. Navy_,
_Superintendent U. S. Naval Observatory_.

On behalf of Costa Rica--

Mr. JUAN FRANCISCO ECHEVERRIA,
_Civil Engineer_.

On behalf of France--

Mr. A. LEFAIVRE,
_Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General_.
Mr. JANSSEN, _of the Institute_,
_Director of the Physical Observatory of Paris_.

On behalf of Germany--

Baron H. VON ALVENSLEBEN,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.

On behalf of Great Britain--

Captain Sir F. J. O. EVANS,
_Royal Navy_.

Prof. J. C. ADAMS,
_Director of the Cambridge Observatory_.

Lieut.-General STRACHEY,
_Member of the Council of India_.

Mr. SANDFORD FLEMING,
_Representing the Dominion of Canada_.

On behalf of Guatemala--

M. MILES ROCK,
_President of the Boundary Commission_.

On behalf of Hawaii--

Hon. W. D. ALEXANDER,
_Surveyor-General_.

Hon. LUTHER AHOLO,
_Privy Counsellor_.

On behalf of Italy--

Count ALBERT DE FORESTA,
_First Secretary of Legation_.

On behalf of Japan--

Professor KIKUCHI,
_Dean of the Scientific Dep't of the University of Tokio_.

On behalf of Mexico--

Mr. LEANDRO FERNANDEZ,
_Civil Engineer_.
Mr. ANGEL ANGUIANO,
_Director of the National O