Special Telegraphic Time Signal 



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tional jurors of the world's greatest ex- 

 position send cordial greetings to the 

 International Geographic Congress in 

 this its first session on the western hem- 

 isphere, and assure the Congress that it 

 will be heartily welcome on September 

 1 9. The President of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society and other scientific men 

 here present, including 1,000 jurors of 

 international repute, join in thus greet- 

 ing your distinguished body. 



Adelaide Observatory, Australia, per 

 Western Union Telegraph Co. : Your 

 greetings gladly received and heartily 

 reciprocated. Signals received, the last 

 being at 2:41:33, Adelaide standard 

 time, 9 hours 30 minutes east of Green- 

 wich. (Interval, ir minutes, 33 sec- 

 onds.) 



Adelaide Observatory, Australia, per 

 Postal Telegraph Co.: Your greetings 

 gladly received and heartily recipro- 

 cated. Signals received very erratic, 

 the last being at 2 hours, 30 minutes, 

 14 seconds, Adelaide standard time, 9 

 hours and 30 minutes east of Green- 

 wich. Also received signals via East- 

 ern. (Interval, 14 seconds.) 



Melbourne Observatory , Australia, per 

 Western Union Telegraph Co.: Last 

 signal received 3 hours, 9 minutes, no 

 seconds. Acknowledge greetings and 

 send best wishes International Congress. 

 (Interval, 9 minutes.) 



Sydney Observatory, Australia, per 

 Postal Telegraph Co. : The signals from 

 Washington to Sydney Observatory oc- 

 cupied in transit 2 decimal 25 seconds 

 in reaching here, which was remarkably 

 quick. In January last signals took 3 

 decimal 5 seconds in coming through. 



Wellington Observatory, New Zealand, 

 per Postal Telegraph Co. : Observatory 

 acknowledges and cordially reciprocates 

 kind greetings of Geographical Con- 

 gress. 



Madras Observatory , India , per 1 1 est- 

 ern Union Telegraph Co. : The Madras 

 Observatory acknowledges the greeting 

 of the Eighth International Geograph- 



ical Congress at Washington, sent with 

 their midnight signal, which was re- 

 ceived here at 10:21:52.6, Madras mean 

 time, and wishes success to the Con- 

 gress. (Interval, 53.5 seconds.) 



Royal Obsei r vatory , Mauritius, per 

 Western Union Telegraph Co.: Message 

 received Friday 9.08 a. m. Mauritius 

 time. In thanking you for your greet- 

 ing Mauritius prays that j'our labors 

 may be attended with every success. 

 (Interval, 17 minutes, 47 seconds.) 



Royal Observatory , Cape Town, South 

 Africa, per Postal and Wester 71 Union 

 Telegraph Cos.: Noon. Success to your 

 enterprise. Last of series of dots re- 

 ceived here at 11 hours, 54 minutes, 19 

 seconds, Washington time. No further 

 signals received here. (Interval, 2 min- 

 utes, 35 seconds.) 



Astronomer Roy at, Greenwich, Eng- 

 land, per Western Union Telegraph Co. : 

 Signals satisfactorily received and ob- 

 served. Compliments to Geographical 

 Congress. 



Pulkowa Observatory , Russia, per West- 

 ern Union Telegraph Co. : The Pulkowa 

 Observatory, with sincerest gratitude, 

 returns its greetings to the Eighth In- 

 ternational Geographic Congress and 

 wishes them entire success in their im- 

 portant enterprises. 



Royal Observatory , Lisbon, Portugal, 

 per II T estern U?iion Telegraph Co. : The 

 Royal Observatory of Lisbon has re- 

 ceived the midnight signals from Wash- 

 ington and sends its best greetings to the 

 Geographic Congress and to the world- 

 famous U. S. Naval Observatory with 

 thanks. 



Royal Observatory , Madrid, Spain, per 

 Western Union Telegraph Co. : The di- 

 rector of .the Royal Observatory receives 

 at 5:2:30 a. in. the greeting of the Con- 

 gress, and has the honor to state that 

 this scientific center awaits with enthu- 

 siasm the results of the meeting. (In- 

 terval, 2 minutes, 30 seconds.) 



Royal Observatory of Roman College, 

 Rome, Italy, per Western Union Telegraph 



