Count LEWENHAUPT, Delegate of Sweden, then made the following statement: 

I beg to propose that the Conference adjourn at the call of the President, that the time and hour for the next meeting be communicated to the Delegates 24 hours before the meeting, and that at the same time a proof-copy of the protocols of the present meeting be forwarded.

He added that by giving the Delegates 24 hours after the protocols are printed time would be allowed them to revise the protocols and make such corrections as they thought necessary, and those corrections could be reported to the Secretaries and made in the printed text.  The protocol can then be finally and definitively printed and approved at the beginning of the next meeting of the Conference.

The proposition of the Delegate of Sweden was then adopted.

The Conference then adjourned at 5 o’clock p. m., subject to the call of the President.

IV.

SESSION OF OCTOBER 13, 1884.

The Conference met pursuant to adjournment in the Diplomatic Hall, in the State Department, at one o’clock P. M.

Present: 

  Austria-Hungary:  Baron I. VON SCHAEFFER. 
  Brazil:  Dr. LUIZ CRULS. 
  Chili:  Mr. F. V. GORMAS and Mr. A. B. TUPPER. 
  Colombia:  Commodore FRANKLIN. 
  Costa Rica:  Mr. J. F. ECHEVERRIA. 
  France:  Mr. A. LEFAIVRE and Mr. JANSSEN. 
  Germany:  Baron H. VON ALVENSLEBEN and Mr. HINCKELDEYN. 
  Great Britain:  Sir F. J. O. EVANS, Prof.  J. C. ADAMS, Lieut. 
      General STRACHEY, and Mr. SANDFORD FLEMING. 
  Guatemala:  Mr. MILES ROCK. 
  Hawaii:  Hon. W. D. ALEXANDER and Hon. LUTHER AHOLO. 
  Italy:  Count ALBERT DE FORESTA. 
  Japan:  Professor KIKUCHI. 
  Liberia:  Mr. WILLIAM COPPINGER. 
  Mexico:  Mr. LEANDRO FERNANDEZ and Mr. ANGEL ANGUIANO. 
  Netherlands:  Mr. G. DE WECKHERLIN. 
  Paraguay:  Capt.  JOHN STEWART. 
  Russia:  Mr. C. DE STRUVE, Major-General STEBNITZKI, and
      Mr. J. DE KOLOGRIVOFF. 
  San Domingo:  Mr. M. DE J. GALVAN. 
  Spain:  Mr. JUAN VALERA, Mr. EMILIO RUIZ DEL ARBOL, and
      Mr. JUAN PASTORIN. 
  Sweden:  Count CARL LEWENHAUPT. 
  Switzerland:  Col.  EMILE FREY. 
  Turkey:  Mr. RUSTEM EFFENDI. 
  Venezuela:  Dr. A. M. SOTELDO. 
  United States:  Rear-Admiral C. R. P. RODGERS, Mr. LEWIS
      M. RUTHERFURD, Mr. W. F. ALLEN, Commander W. T.
      SAMPSON, and Prof.  CLEVELAND ABBE.

Absent: 

  Denmark:  Mr. C. S. A. DE BILLE. 
  Salvador:  Mr. A. BATRES.

The PRESIDENT.  In view of the many communications addressed to the President of this Conference, having reference to the business before it, presenting statements and arguments in relation thereto, the Chair asks that a committee be appointed, to which shall be referred all such communications, and that the committee be instructed to make such report upon them as it may deem advisable.