RA, Mr. EMILO RUIZ DEL ARBOL, Mr.
JUAN PASTORIN.
Sweden: Count CARL LEWENHAUPT.
Switzerland: Col. EMILE FREY.
Turkey: RUSTEM EFFENDI.
United States: Rear-Admiral C. R. P. RODGERS, Mr. LEWIS
M. RUTHERFURD, Mr. W. F. ALLEN, Commander W. T.
SAMPSON, Professor CLEVELAND ABBE.
Venezuela: Dr. A. M. SOTELDO.

Absent:

Denmark: Mr. C. S. A. DE BILLE.
Hawaii: Hon. LUTHER AHOLO.
Salvador: Mr. ANTONIO BATRES.

The PRESIDENT. Some days ago a Committee was appointed to report on
communications addressed to the Conference through the Chair. All
communications that have been received from time to time, and they
have been numerous, have been referred to this committee, of which the
Delegate from England, Prof. ADAMS, is the chairman. He now informs
the Chair that he is prepared to make a report.

The Delegate of England, Prof. ADAMS, then read the following report:

_Letter from the President of the Conference._

INTERNATIONAL MERIDIAN CONFERENCE,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, _Oct. 14, 1884_.

SIR: I have the honor to submit to the Committee of which
you are the Chairman the following communications:

No. 1. Letters from Mr. Roumanet du Cailland, through Mr.
Hunter, Ass't Sec. of State.

No. 2. Letter and communication from Mr. C. M.
Raffensparger.

No. 3. Letter from Mr. A. S. de Chancourtois, accompanying
books from Paris.

No. 4. Letter from Mr. A. W. Spofford, enclosing letter of
Mr. J. W. Stolting, of Dobbs' Ferry.

No. 5. Letter from Mr. B. Aycrigg, Passaic, N. J.

No. 6. Letter from J. T. Field, St. Louis, Mo.

No. 7. Letter and two enclosures from Mr. Theodor Paesche.

No. 8. Description of the Universal Time-Piece of Dr. A. M.
Cory.

No. 9. Letter and enclosure from Mr. E. R. Knorr.

No. 10. Letter from Mr. J. E. Hilgard, of the U. S. Coast
Survey and Geodetic Survey.

No. 11. Arguments by Committee of New York and New Jersey
branch, and other papers relating to weights and measures.

No. 12. Letter from Lt. C. A. S. Totten, U.S.A., in relation
to a Standard Meridian.

No. 13. Letter from Mr. J. P. Merritt, in relation to the
Metric System.

No. 14. Postal card from W. H. Yates, in relation to the
Mercator Projection.

No. 15. A New System of Mensuration, by Lawre