ARISTARCHI BEY stated he admitted the correctness of the principle of the motion of the Delegate of the Argentine Republic, but he voted against it because the Conference was anxious to terminate its labors; and, besides, having read the final act, he did not find in it any new things. He would propose, however, that the Conference take a recess for half an hour to give the Delegates time to examine the final act. There being no objection, the proposition of ARISTARCHI BEY was agreed to.

So the Conference took a recess for thirty minutes.

AFTER THE RECESS.

The recess having expired, the Conference reassembled.

Mr. BARTHOLOMEI suggested that the word "March" be added after "February," in the preamble of the report submitted by the committee. The committee accepted the suggestion, and "March accordingly.

was added

ARISTARCHI BEY: "Although the opinions of the majority and minority bave, according to my opinion, the same moral value, considering that we cannot foresee whether the different governments will adopt the views expressed by their Delegates in one way or another, I wish to refer to what I declared to the Department of State on the 28th of December last, in an official letter, viz, that I would take part in the vote of the Conference ad referendum. I ask that my declaration be inserted in the Protocol."

Mr. OUTREY stated he thought it necessary to repeat the declaration that he made in the meeting of January 26, when he had the honor of presiding, that it was understood by all the Delegates that the result of their labors was to be submitted to their respective governments, which alone had the authority to give them a definitive character. In other words, that everything decided by this Conference has been decided ad referendum.

The PRESIDENT: "Of course it is understood by every one that the report is to be signed simply ad referendum."

Mr. OUTREY moved that a committee, composed of Mr. BARTHOLOMEI and the Secretaries, be appointed, to be charged with the duty of putting in order the work of the Conference for the final printing; that this committee also have the right of making all the corrections and changes in the phraseology, and even in the order of discussion, which they may deem necessary.

The question was taken, and the motion was decided in the affirmative unanimously.

Mr. BARTHOLOMEI proposed that the President should invite the Delegate of Great Britain, who had been absent from the last meetings of the Conference on account of sad bereavement in his family, to sign the final act; that this would be an act of courtesy towards the Delegate of a power so important as Great Britain; and that the final Pro

tocol should not be closed before the Delegate of Great Britain should have signed it.

Mr. OUTREY stated that he not only concurred in the remarks of Mr. BARTHOLOMEI, but thought the President ought to invite the honorable Mr. ARCHIBALD to vote on each of the resolutions which was acted on during his absence, and that the final Protocol should not be printed until the vote of the Delegate of Great Britain had been submitted.

The propositions of MM. BARTHOLOMEI and OUTREY were agreed to unanimously..

The PRESIDENT: "The vote is now on the adoption of the final act, with the reservations already made."

The final act was adopted unanimously.

The Delegate of the United States (Dr. CABELL): "I wish to state, at the special request of the Delegates of Mexico and Portugal, that the Special Delegates of the United States will sign the annexes which they respectively submitted, and to which their signatures were not attached at the last meeting."

Mr. DE BILLE: "The signatures will be attached to the final act subject, of course, to all rights of correction, which are reserved."

The final act was then signed by the various Delegates.

The President (Mr. HAY): "Before putting the question on our final adjournment, I take pleasure, on behalf of the Delegates of the United States, in expressing their sincere feelings of gratitude through the Delegates present to the governments they represent for the prompti tude and good will with which they have met the invitation of the United States on this subject of great and universal concern, and also to the Delegates themselves, not only for the intelligence and zeal with which they have taken part in these deliberations, so important to us, but also for the impartiality and spirit of courtesy and candor with which all their proceedings have been marked. I venture to express the hope that what we have done will not be unfruitful of results for the good of the nations which we severally represent and the world at large. No one of us perhaps has seen accomplished precisely what he expected or desired, but it is altogether probable that the results at which we have arrived are better than any one of us singly could have devised.

"If I might be permitted one word personal to myself, I should be glad of the opportunity to express my sincere gratification at having been permitted to preside, however unworthily, over the deliberations of an assembly containing so much of intelligence, learning, and dis tinction. My duties have been rendered much easier to me, and my shortcomings have been made less evident even to myself, by your unfailing courtesy, kindness, and forbearance; so that the hours we have spent together will always be for me among the happiest recollections of my life. I beg to express to you, before we part, my profound sense

of appreciation of the honor and pleasure which your acquaintance has been to me, and my most fervent wishes for your personal prosperity and welfare."

Mr. BARTHOLOMEI: "As we are on the point of concluding our deliberations, I wish to call attention to the debt of gratitude which is due to the Government of the United States for the initiative it has taken in this matter with so humane an object.

"The labors of this Conference (whose object it was to combat a dangerous disease) have resulted in tracing some new lines, and establishing a new starting point in the path which has been followed so long, and which preceding conferences have had in view.

"The progress made by our deliberations will be in its turn assured by the final development of the projets actually submitted to the consideration of the respective governments.

"If such measures were shortly to be put into execution a new collective deliberation of the countries interested would be necessary. Should another sanitary conference then become necessary, the precedent established by the United States in this case would be a just reason—a real encouragement-for them to resume at another date the generous initiative which has at this time been taken with so much success. The foreign powers would certainly answer the call with the same promptness and the same solicitude which they have shown in the present case. "I do not yet consider my duties fulfilled. I have still a few words to add. The labors of this Conference are on the point of terminating, and before we part I wish to propose a vote which I am sure will be received with marked satisfaction by all the Delegates and adopted unanimously. Our discussions have been guided alternatively by Mr. JOHN HAY as President and Mr. OUTREY as Vice-President. They have acquitted themselves of their duty with such impartiality and a spirit of conciliation and deference toward all the opinions advanced which should in return assure them of our warmest gratitude. I am, therefore, certain of interpreting aright the sentiment of all the Delegates in proposing a vote of thanks to the President, Mr. JOHN HAY, and the Vice-President, Mr. OUTREY, for the great services they have rendered to the Conference." (Applause.)

Prince DE CAMPOREALE proposes the following vote of thanks to the two Secretaries: "I am sure I interpret faithfully the feelings and opinions of my honorable colleagues by expressing publicly our gratitude to Dr. T. J. TURNER and RUSTEM EFFENDI, our honorable Secretaries. The duties with which the Conference intrusted them were of the most arduous. The simultaneous use of two languages contributed to render their work very difficult. They have, nevertheless, acquitted themselves of their duties with a zeal and good will that is above all praise. We have always found in them the greatest desire to render service to us. We will keep a most agreeable memory of these gentlemen, and in the S. Ex. 1-10

name of all the Delegates I beg the President to be kind enough to be the interpreter of our gratitude to those gentlemen."

The Conference approved the remarks of the Delegate of Italy.

Mr. SÈVE: "Permit me to call your attention to two gentlemen who have rendered us very great services, viz, the English and French stenographers, Messrs. C. S. CHESNEY and J. T. THOMPSON. Their faithful and exact reports have been a constant help to us."

The Conference approved the remarks of the Special Delegate of Belgium.

The present Protocol was then and there read and approved. Then, at 3 o'clock p. m., the International Sanitary Conference of Washington adjourned sine die.

The President of the Conference:

The Secretaries of the Conference:

JOHN HAY.

THOMAS J. TURNER.
RUSTEM.

FINAL ACT.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONFERENCE OF WASHINGTON, DRAWN UP BY A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF MESSRS. OUTREY, DE BILLE, DR. CERVERA, LOWNDES, DR. TURNER, PRINCE DE CAMPOREALE, BARTHOLOMEI, AND RUSTEM EFFENDI, SECRETARY.

RESOLUTIONS.

I.

Each government shall have such an organized internal service as will enable it to be regularly informed of the state of the public health throughout the whole of its territory.

Yeas-Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Hayti, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia-12.

Nays-Chili, United States, Great Britain, Sweden and Norway, Turkey-5.

II.

Each government shall publish a weekly bulletin of the statistics of mortality in its principal cities and ports, and shall give such bulletins the largest possible publicity.

Yeas-Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Hayti, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia-12.

Nays-Chili, United States, Great Britain, Sweden and Norway, Turkey-5.

III.

In the interest of the public health, the sanitary authorities of the countries represented in this conference are authorized to communicate directly with each other in order to keep themselves informed of all important facts which may come to their knowledge; but nothing herein contained shall relieve them from the duty of furnishing, at the same time, to the consuls in their respective jurisdictions the information they are required to give them.