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V.-Committee on Communication on the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

A committee of five, to consider and report upon the best means of extending and improving the facilities for transportation and postal and telegraphic communication between the several countries represented in this Conference that border upon the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

VI.-Committee on Railway Communication.

A committee of seventeen, to consider and report upon the subject of railway, postal, and telegraphic communication between the several countries represented in this Conference.

VII.-Committee on Customs Regulations.

A committee of five, to consider and report upon the best methods of simplifying the port and customs regulations in the several ports of the countries represented in this Conference.

(a) Formalities to be observed in the importation and exportation of merchandise.

(b) The classification, examination, and valuation of merchandise.

(c) Methods of imposing and collecting fines and penalties for the violation of customs and harbor regulations.

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VIII.-Committee on Port Dues.

A committee of five, to consider and report upon the best methods of securing uniformity in respect of consular, port, light-house, pilot, and other harbor dues.

IX.-Committee on Weights and Measures.

A committee of three, to consider the adoption of a uniform system of weights and measures by the countries' represented in this Conference.

X.-Committee on Sanitary Regulations.

A committee of seven, to consider and report upon the best methods of establishing and maintaining sanitary regulations in commerce between the several countries represented in this Conference.

XI.-Committee on Patents and Trade-marks.

A committee of three, to consider and report upon the best methods of protecting patent, publication, and trade-mark rights in commerce between the countries represented in this Conference.

XII.-Committee on Extradition.

A committee of three, to consider and report upon the establishment of a general convention between the countries represented in this Conference for the extradition of criminals.

XIII. Committee on Monetary Convention.

A committee of seven, to consider all questions relating to the adoption of a common silver coin to be issued by each Government, the same to be a legal tender in all commercial transactions between the citizens of all the American States; to report the basis of a monetary convention between the countries represented in this Conference.

XIV.-Committee on Banking.

A committee of five, to consider and report upon the methods of improving and extending the banking facilities and credit system between the several countries represented in this Conference.

XV.-Committee on International Law.

A committee of five, to report uniform rules of private international law in civil and commercial matters and the legalization of documents.

XVI.-Committee on General Welfare.

A committee of seven, to report a plan of arbitration for the settlement of disagreements that may hereafter arise between the several nations represented in this Conference, and to receive, consider, and report upon any topics that may be proposed, other than those included in the invitation from the Government of the United States.

LIST OF COMMITTEES.

[Appointed December 13, 1889.]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Mr. ZEGARRA (First Vice-President), of Peru.
Mr. ROMERO (Second Vice-President), of Mexico.

Mr. BLISS, of the United States.

Mr. HURTADO, of Colombia.

Mr. MENDONÇA, of Brazil.

The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE, ex-officio.
Secretary, WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS.

COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS UNION.

Mr. VALENTE, of Brazil.

Mr. HENDERSON, of the United States.

Mr. SAENZ PEÑA, of the Argentine Republic.

Mr. ROMERO, of Mexico.

Mr. MARTINEZ SILVA, of Colombia.

Mr. ALFONSO, of Chili.

Mr. GUZMAN, of Nicaragua.

Mr. BOLET PERAZA, of Venezuela.

Secretary, J. VICENT SERRANO.

COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATION ON THE ATLANTIC.

Mr. SAENZ PEÑA, of the Argentine Republic.

Mr. COOLIDGE, of the United States.

Mr. MENDONÇA, of Brazil.

Mr. DECOUD, of Paraguay.

Mr. LAFORESTRIE, of Hayti.

Secretary, ARTHUR W. FERGUSSON.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATION ON THE PACIFIC.

Mr. CAAMAÑO, of Ecuador.

Mr. VARAS, of Chili.

Mr. ESTEE, of the United States.

Mr. CASTELLANOS, of San Salvador.

Mr. MEXÍA, of Mexico.

Secretary, ARTHUR W. FERGUSSON.

COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATION ON THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA.

Mr. ARAGON, of Costa Rica.

Mr. GUZMAN, of Nicaragua.

Mr. CALDERON, of Colombia.

Mr. HANSON, of the United States.

Mr. ANTONIO FRANCISCO SILVA, of Venezuela.
Secretary, WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS.

COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.

Mr. VELARDE, of Bolivia.

Mr. DAVIS, of the United States.

Mr. MEXÍA, of Mexico.

Mr. CRUZ, of Guatemala.

. Mr. ZELAYA, of Honduras.

Mr. CASTELLANOS, of San Salvador.

Mr. CARNEGIE, of the United States.

Mr. ARAGON, of Costa Rica.

Mr. MARTINEZ SILVA, of Colombia.

Mr. ANDRADE, of Venezuela.

Mr. CAAMAÑO, of Ecuador.

Mr. ZEGARRA, of Peru.

Mr. VARAS, of Chili.

Mr. QUINTANA, of the Argentine Republic.

Mr. NIN, of Uruguay.

Mr. VALENTE, of Brazil.

Mr. DECOUD, of Paraguay.

Mr. GUZMAN, of Nicaragua.

Secretary, ARTHUR W. FERGUSSON.

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