414 The National Geographic Magazine 



Co.: September 9, 6.23 a. m. Lasttime 

 signal received at 5 hours, 59 minutes, 

 50 seconds, central European mean time. 

 (10 seconds early.) 



Cordoba Observatory , Argentina, per 

 Western Union Telegraph Co. : The as- 

 tronomers of the Cordoba Observatory 

 have received with sincere pleasure the 

 signals and messages of the Interna- 

 tional Geographical Congress, and de- 

 sire to express their hearty sympathy 

 with the objects the Congress has in 

 view. Signal arrived at 12 hours, 43 

 minutes, 14 seconds, Cordoba time. 

 (Interval, 2 seconds.) 



Rio Ja?ieiro Observatory , Brazil, per 

 Western Unio?i Telegraph Co. : Observ- 

 atory Rio thanks and reciprocates 

 greetings of the Eighth International 

 Geographic Congress with this signal 

 of two twenty-seven Rio time. (Inter- 

 val, 19 minutes, 41.4 seconds.) 



Quito Observatory , Ecuador, per West- 

 ern Union Telegraph Co. : Signal arrived 

 at 11.47, Quito time. The Director 

 General of Telegraphs and Observatory 

 sends members Geographical Congress 

 salutation and felicitation. (Interval, 

 2 minutes, 1 second.) 



National Observatory of Tacubaya, City 

 of Mexico, per Western Union Telegraph 

 Co. : Received signals 36 hundredths 

 slow and congratulate you on the suc- 

 cess of the experiment. 



Me Gill College Observatory , Montreal, 

 Canada, per Western Union Telegraph 

 Co. : Signals as received on our chrono- 

 graph were 10 hundredths of a second 

 slow of our standard clock signals. Ob- 

 servatory acknowledges and cordially 

 reciprocates kind greetings of Geograph- 

 ical Congress. 



Toronto Observatory , Meteorological 

 Service of Canada, per Western Union 

 Telegraph Co. : Your signal received 

 0.12 of second after the hour by our 

 clock 0.12 slow, which makes your sig- 

 nal 0.23 slow of our calculated time. 

 We observed tonight for time chrono- 

 graph record. 



Naval Governor of Guam, Ladrone 

 Islands, per Postal Telegraph Co. : The 

 American colony and native inhabitants 

 of Guam send thanks for the cheering 

 message of the Eighth International 

 Geographic Congress, at Washington, 

 and invite them to hold their next ses- 

 sion in this beautiful and happy island. 



Commandant of Naval Station, Hono- 

 lulu, H. I., per Postal Telegraph Co.: 

 Time signals received, Greenwich time, 

 five hours, no minutes, two and three- 

 tenths seconds. (Interval, 2.3 seconds. ) 



Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks, 

 Sitka, Alaska, per Western U?iion Tele- 

 graph Co. : Approximate time, seven 

 fifty-eight sixteen and six-tenths, Coast 

 Survey magnetic station. No correc- 

 tion made for retardation of transmis- 

 sion, which is estimated to be quarter 

 second at Seattle office (22.9 seconds 

 early). 



Observatory of Harvard University, 

 Ca?nbridge, Mass., per Western Union 

 Telegraph Co. : Signals approximately 

 one-tenth of a second late. 



Lick Observatory , Mt. Hamilton, Cal. , 

 per Western Union Telegraph Co. : The 

 Lick Observatory sends greeting of 

 cordial good will to the Eighth Interna- 

 tional Geographic Congress, for the 

 study of geography, like that of as- 

 tronomy, has for its main purpose ad- 

 vancement of civilization in all lands. 

 Your clock beats preceded ours by 0.24 

 of a second. 



Yerkes Observatory , Williams Bay, 

 Wis. , per Western Union Telegraph Co. : 

 The Yerkes Observatory returns the 

 greetings of the International Geo- 

 graphic Congress and wishes every suc- 

 cess to the Geographic Society. 



Observatory of Princeton University , 

 N. f. , per Western Unio?i Telegraph 

 Co. : The Princeton Observatory, now 

 in session, sends its greeting back to 

 the Eighth International Geographic 

 Congress. We are well located and 

 hope other points will soon be equally 

 well known. 



