8 States of America, to be designated by the State Department at Washington.” The Congress adjourned on the 11th of September, after having received the marked hospitality and consideration of the government of Prussia, and of the inhabitants of Berlin. ' Of the period of thirty days after the adjournment allowed to the undersigned for returning to the United States, he will employ the first two weeks in visiting Russia, to collect the statistics of the product of gold in that country ;—for which purpose the representatives of that government in the Congress, and also the Russian Minister at Berlin, have courteously afforded him important facilities. The undersigned has the honor to remain, with high respect, your obedient .servant, Samuel B. Ruggles. His Excellency William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &cr dec., dec. r u——- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------__ Note. The undersigned, on the 21st of December, 1863, transmitted to the State Department the Supplemental Report referred to in the preceding communication, in respect to the proceedings of the International Statistical Congress, at Berlin, on the subject of “Uniform Weights, Measures and Coins.” That Report, when printed, will be published separately. S. B. Ruggles.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM4ODY=