REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAIv. II9 



The above special resolutions were'interpreted into Spanish and English 

 and approved unanimously by the congress by a viva voce vote. The 

 president of the congress then called for final announcements from the 

 secretary general. 



TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATION. 



The following telegram of congratulations was read from the parent 

 society, whose wise and courageous initiative in the founding of this 

 organization deserves the highest commendation : 



Buenos Aires, /awwary 2, ipi6. 

 Pan American Scientific Congress, 



Washington: 

 The Argentine Scientific Society, the initiator of these scientific con- 

 gresses, wish a "Happy New Year" to the present congress, and at the 

 same time desires the success of American societies and of science the 

 world over. 



BesiE MerENO, President. 

 Orus, Secretary. 



The following cablegrams of congratulation received by the congress in 

 answer to the message sent to the Presidents of the Latin American 

 Republics by the president and the secretary general of the congress were 

 announced and are now officially recorded in this report : 



argentina. 



Buenos Aires, Argentina, 



December 29, 191 5. 



Eduardo Suarez Mujica, 



Ambassador of Chile, President Scientific Congress, Washington. 

 John Barrett, 



Secretary General: 

 The President of the Republic thanks you for your courteous telegram 

 and sends his best wishes to the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, 

 with the hope that in addition to its scientific results there may be the 

 benefits of a closer relationship and mutual esteem between the nations 

 represented in the congress. 



Murature, 

 Secretary for Foreign Affairs. 



