Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Joseph Myers, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading team at http://www.pgdp.net. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIXING A PRIME MERIDIAN AND A UNIVERSAL DAY. OCTOBER, 1884. PROTOCOLS OF THE PROCEEDINGS. WASHINGTON, D. C. GIBSON BROS., PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS. 1884. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page I. Protocol, October 1, 1884 1 II. Protocol, October 2, 1884 13 III. Protocol, October 6, 1884 35 IV. Protocol, October 13, 1884 73 V. Protocol, October 14, 1884 113 VI. Protocol, October 20, 1884 151 VII. Protocol, October 22, 1884 195 VIII. Protocol, November 1, 1884 205 Final Act 199 Act of Congress authorizing the President of the United States to invite the Conference (ANNEX I) 209 Act of Congress making appropriation for expenses (ANNEX II) 209 Circular to United States representatives abroad bringing the subject to the attention of foreign governments (ANNEX III) 210 Circular to United States ministers extending invitation to foreign governments (ANNEX IV) 211 International Meridian Conference HELD IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. I. SESSION OF OCTOBER 1, 1884. The Delegates to the International Meridian Conference, who assembled in Washington upon invitation addressed by the Government of the United States to all nations holding diplomatic relations with it, "for the purpose of fixing upon a meridian proper to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time-reckoning throughout the globe," held their first conference to-day, October 1, 1884, in the Diplomatic Hall of the Department of State. The following delegates were present: On behalf of Austria-Hungary-- Baron IGNATZ VON SCHAEFFER, _Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary_. On behalf of Brazil-- Dr. LUIZ CRULS, _Director of the Imperial Observatory of Rio Janeiro_. On behalf of Colombia-- Commodore S. R. FRANKLIN, _U. S. Navy_, _Superintendent U. S. Naval Observatory_. On behalf of Costa Rica-- Mr. JUAN FRANCISCO ECHEVERRIA, _Civil Engineer_. On behalf of France-- Mr. A. LEFAIVRE, _Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General_. Mr. JANSSEN, _of the Institute_, _Director of the Physical Observatory of Paris_. On behalf of Germany--