Austro-Hungary:  Baron IGNATZ VON SCHAEFFER. 
  Brazil:  Dr. LUIZ CRULS. 
  Colombia:  Commodore S. R. FRANKLIN. 
  Costa Rica:  Mr. JUAN FRANCISCO ECHEVERRIA. 
  France:  Mr. A. LEFAIVRE, Mr. JANSSEN. 
  Germany:  Baron H. VON ALVENSLEBEN, Mr. HINCKELDEYN. 
  Great Britain:  Capt.  Sir F. J. O. EVANS, Prof.  J. C. ADAMS,
      Lieut.-General STRACHEY, Mr. SANDFORD FLEMING. 
  Guatemala:  Mr. MILES ROOK. 
  Hawaii:  Hon. W. D. ALEXANDER, Hon. LUTHER AHOLO. 
  Italy:  Count ALBERT DE FORESTA. 
  Japan:  Professor KIKUCHI. 
  Mexico:  Mr. LEANDRO FERNANDEZ, Mr. ANGEL ARGUIANO. 
  Paraguay:  Capt.  JOHN STEWART. 
  Russia:  Mr. C. DE STRUVE, Major-General STEBNITZKI, Mr.
      KOLOGRIVOFF. 
  San Domingo:  Mr. DE J. GALVAN. 
  Salvador:  Mr. ANTONIO BATRES. 
  Spain:  Mr. JUAN VALERA, Mr. EMILIO RUIZ DEL ARBOL, Mr.
      JUAN PASTORIN. 
  Sweden:  Count CARL LEWENHAUPT. 
  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.

Mr. RUTHERFURD, Delegate of the United States, said that the resolution offered by him at the last meeting omitted to state that the proposed meridian was for longitude, and he would offer the following as a substitute therefor: 

“Resolved, That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the standard meridian for longitude.”

The PRESIDENT then asked if the Conference would permit the substitution to be made, and it was unanimously agreed to.

Mr. RUTHERFURD, Delegate of the United States, stated that he did not propose to press the resolution to an early vote, but that it was offered simply to elicit the opinions of Delegates on the subject.  He further stated that, having heard that the Delegates of France, Mr. LEFAIVRE and Mr. JANSSEN, desired to present certain propositions, he would, for that purpose, move to withdraw for the time being the resolution offered by him.

No objection being made, the resolution was temporarily withdrawn.

Mr. LEFAIVRE, Delegate of France, then made the following statement: 

Our colleague, Mr. RUTHERFURD, having withdrawn his motion for the adoption of the meridian of Greenwich, we, the Delegates of France, after consultation with him, submit the following motion: 

“Resolved, That the initial meridian should have a character of absolute neutrality.  It should be chosen exclusively so as to secure to science and to international commerce all possible advantages, and in particular especially should cut no great continent—­neither Europe nor America.”

Sir F. J. O. EVANS, Delegate of Great Britain, then