REPORT OP THE SECRETARY GENERAI,. II5 



For Peru: F, A. Pezet. 



For Salvador: R. Zai.divar. 



For the United States of 



America : George Gray. 



For Uruguay: Cari^os M. de Pena. 



For Venezuela : Santos A. Dominici. 



Thereupon the presiding officer introduced Dr. Quesada, who read the 

 Spanish translation of the Final Act. 



His excellency the Brazilian ambassador and chairman of the Brazilian 

 delegation moved the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded 

 by his excellency the minister of Cuba and chairman of the Cuban dele- 

 gation. It was suggested that the Final Act be adopted as a whole and 

 proposed that the chairman of each delegation vote in favor of or against 

 its adoption. The secretary general then called the roll of the countries 

 in alphabetical order, naming in each case the chairman of the delegation. 

 All of these responded aye, and the report of the committee was unani- 

 mously adopted as the Final Act of the Congress. 



Secretary General Barrett then made the following announcement : At 

 a meeting of the executive committee, Thursday, January 6, Lima, Peru, 

 was unanimously selected as the place of meeting of the third Pan Amer- 

 ican Scientific Congress and the time set for the year 1921, the centenary 

 of the independence of Peru. The motion to select Peru was made by 

 his excellency the ambassador of Chile. The motion was seconded by 

 Dr. Julio Philippi, acting chairman of the Chilian delegation. The Gov- 

 ernment of Peru conveyed to the executive committee, through his 

 excellency the minister of Peru, the knowledge of the acceptance of this 

 invitation and of the appointment of the following members of the 

 executive committee of organization; Dr. Alejandro Deustua, Dr. Javier 

 Prado y Ugarteche, and Dr. Manuel Vicente Villaran. The Congress then 

 unanimously approved of the action of the committee. 



His excellency the minister of Peru, Sr. Alfonso Federico Pezet, then 

 addressed the congress, speaking as follows : 



Mr. President, and Delegates of the Second Pan American Scien- 

 tific Congress, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great honor 

 for me to appear on this occasion and in the name of the delegation 

 of Peru and as the representative of the Government of Peru in the 

 United States, to thank the gentlemen of the delegations of all the 

 Americas for their unanimous vote that my country and my capital, 

 the city of Lima, should be the seat of the third Pan American Scien- 

 tific Congress in the year of grace 1921. 



