Reports of Samuel B Ruggles

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: REPORT. Depaetment Of State, ) Washington, January 18,1864.) I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 14th instant, a copy of the report on the resources ef the United States, presented to the International Statistical Congress at Berlin, in September last, by the Hon. Samuel B....
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: REPORT. Depaetment Of State, ) Washington, January 18,1864.) I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 14th instant, a copy of the report on the resources ef the United States, presented to the International Statistical Congress at Berlin, in September last, by the Hon. Samuel B. Buggies, together with a copy of his letter to the Department of State, transmitting the report. WILLIAM H. SEWAED. The Senate of the United States. Mr. Euggles to Mr. Seward. Beelin, September 14,1863. Sib: In pursuance of your instructions accompanying the appointment of the undersigned as representative of the United States of America at the International Statistical Congress at Berlin, in September instant, he embarked for Europe in the first German steamer after receiving his commission, and reached Berlin, after some detention on the Atlantic, on the afternoon of the 6th of September. No business of importance had been transacted in the Congress up to that time, except the presentation of the credentials of the delegates. On the 7th of September, the credentials of the undersigned were presented and approved, at which time representatives from the following countries, stated in alphabetical order, had been duly admitted, viz.' The United States of America; Anhalt-Dessau; Austria; Baden; Bavaria; Belgium; the Danubian Provinces; Denmark; France; Frankfort; Great Britain; Hamburg; Hanover; Holland; Holstein, Hesse-Oassel; Hesse-Darmstadt; Italy; Lubeck; Mecklenburg- Schwerin; Norway; Oldenburg; Portugal; Prussia; Eussia; Saxe- Ooburg; Saxe-Weimar; Saxony; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; and Wirtemberg. The representatives of most of the nations above specified made reports to the Congress on the statistics of their respective countries, which ...