bservatory of Mexico_.

On behalf of Paraguay--

Captain JOHN STEWART,
_Consul-General_.

On behalf of Russia--

Mr. C. DE STRUVE,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.
Major-General STEBNITZKI,
_Imperial Russian Staff_.
Mr. J. DE KOLOGRIVOFF,
_Conseiller d'Etat actuel_.

On behalf of San Domingo--

Mr. M. DE J. GALVAN,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.

On behalf of Salvador--

Mr. ANTONIO BATRES,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.

On behalf of Spain,

Mr. JUAN VALERA,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.
Mr. EMILIO RUIZ DEL ARBOL,
_Naval Attache to the Spanish Legation_.
Mr. JUAN PASTORIN,
_Officer of the Navy_.

On behalf of Sweden--

Count CARL LEWENHAUPT,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.

On behalf of Switzerland--

Colonel EMILE FREY,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.

On behalf of the United States--

Rear-Admiral C. R. P. RODGERS,
_U. S. Navy_.

Mr. LEWIS M. RUTHERFURD.

Mr. W. F. ALLEN,
_Secretary Railway Time Conventions_.

Commander W. T. SAMPSON,
_U. S. Navy_.

Professor CLEVELAND ABBE,
_U. S. Signal Office_.

On behalf of Venezuela--

Senor Dr. A. M. SOTELDO,
_Charge d'Affaires_.

The following delegates were not present:

On behalf of Chili--

Mr. FRANCISCO VIDAL GORMAS,
_Director of the Hydrographic Office_.

Mr. ALVARO BIANCHI TUPPER,
_Assistant Director_.

On behalf of Denmark--

Mr. CARL STEEN ANDERSEN DE BILLE,
_Minister Resident and Consul-General_.

On behalf of Germany--

Mr. HINCKELDEYN,
_Attache of the German Legation_.

On behalf of Liberia--

Mr. WILLIAM COPPINGER,
_Consul-General_.

On behalf of the Netherlands--

Mr. G. DE WECKHERLIN,
_Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_.

On behalf of Turkey--

RUSTEM EFFENDI,
_Secretary of Legation_.

The delegates were formally presented to the Secretary of State of the
United States, the Honorable FREDERICK T. FRELINGHUYSEN, in his off