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 Lawrence S. Benson.

     No. 16.  Letter of T. C. Octman, of Hope Mills, N. C.,
     calling attention to the fact that the meridian of Greenwich
     passes through Havre.

     No. 17.  Letter from Dr. H. K. Whitner, explaining his
     notation of 24 hours.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

C. R. P. RODGERS,
President International Meridian Conference.

Prof.  J. C. ADAMS.

Report of the Committee.

The Committee on communications respectfully reports as
follows: 

We have carefully examined all of the communications
referred to us, as enumerated in the letter of President
Rodgers, with the following results: 

No. 1 recommends that the meridian of Bethlehem be adopted as the initial meridian.  This question has been already disposed of by the Conference; therefore further consideration of the proposition is unnecessary.

No. 2 refers to an invention, the author of which states that “a patent has been applied for,” consequently your Committee does not feel called upon to express any opinion upon it.