4: 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-Cassel; Hesse-Darmstadt; Italy; Lubeck; Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Norway; Oldenburg; Portugal; Prussia ; Russia; Saxe-Coburg; Saxe-Weimar ; Saxony ; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; and Wurten- berg. The respresentatives of most of the nations above specified made reports to the Congress on the statistics of their respective countries, which will be duly published in German and in French, in the official proceedings or “ Compte Rendu? of the Congress. In general, the proceedings and debates were in the German language, but to some extent in French and English. Through some accidental and unintentional omission, none of the States of South America, or of Central America, sent delegates to the Congress, although Brazil, especially, had been represented in preceding sessions of the Congress. The name of the undersigned was erroneously entered in the printed and published lists as delegate from “ North America” but on his application the error will be corrected in the official report of the proceedings. On Friday, the 11th of September, being the sixth day of the session, a statistical report was presented to the Congress by the undersigned, in behalf of the United States of America, of which a copy is herewith transmitted. It is proper to state that the composition and character of the Congress, as shown by its proceedings and published reports at the preceding sessions, were merely “ statistical,” and in no respect economical or political, rendering it proper and necessary to refrain in the report from any speculations or deductions as
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