malaria, beri-beri and trachoma. This report will give detailed information on the measures which have been adopted for the prevention of stamping out of any of the diseases above mentioned, if they are unfortunately present in the country represented by the delegate.

(b) A report on the condition of the ports of his country, specifying the works which may have been executed therein, those in course of construction and those which are projected, as well as the manner in which the problem of water supply, of proper sewerage and of the connection of house drains with that system of sewers has been resolved, as well as the methods that have been employed or are proposed for the sanitation of the dwellings.

(c) A return of the assistance which the general governments may have furnished to the respective states or municipalities, for the execution of sanitation works in the cities and ports.

"(d) A report on all the sanitary police laws which have been issued since the 14th of October, 1905.

"2d. Every delegate will suggest some practical means to prevent persons who may be suffering from tuberculosis from transmitting the disease to the healthy persons who may be traveling in their company, either in trains or in vessels.

"3d. As forming part of the order of the day, the delegates will be at liberty to present original papers relating to the following points:

(a) Studies directed to the discovery of the germ of yellow fever;

"(b) Studies directed to the investigation as to whether there are other means of transmission of yellow fever and malaria besides the sting of the mosquitoes, and

"(c) Studies directed to the perfection of the methods of combating the mosquito.

"4th. Each delegate will present a report upon the organization in his own country of the commission of three medical or sanitary officers intended to form part of the International Sanitary Commission of Information of the American Republics, as provided for in paragraph 3 (b) of the Resolutions adopted at Rio de Janeiro.

"5th. Report upon the establishment of the Sanitary Information Bureau of Montevideo as provided in paragraph 3 (c) and paragraph 4 of the Resolutions adopted at Rio de Janeiro.

"6th. Report upon the establishment of relations between the International Sanitary Bureau at Washington and the Bureau Sanitaire International of Paris, as provided in paragraph 3 (d) of the Resolutions adopted at Rio de Janeiro.

"7th. Besides the full papers and reports above mentioned, each delegate will bring an extract of the same, but so concise that it can be read in fifteen minutes. These extracts alone will be read during the meetings.

"8th. All the extracts will be written in Spanish and English. Those presented by the delegates from Brazil will be in Portuguese and English, and those by the delegates from Haiti will be in French and English, so that while each delegate reads his extract in his own language, the others can follow reading the same document in the language with which they are familiar. "By direction of the International Sanitary Bureau of the American Republics. "WALTER WYMAN, "Chairman."

As requested in the letter of June 18, 1907, addressed by Dr. Wyman, the Chairman of the International Sanitary Bureau, to Mr. John Barrett, Director of the Bureau of American Republics, Mr. Barrett addressed to the diplomatic representatives of each of the States composing the International Union of the American Republics a communication in which he says:

"I have the honor to enclose copies, respectively, of a letter addressed to me as Director of the International Bureau of the American Republics by Dr. Walter Wyman, Chairman of the International Sanitary Bureau, and of a call, signed by Dr. Wyman, for the Third International Sanitary Convention of the American Republics, to be held in the City of Mexico, December 2-7, 1907, and to request that you will be good enough to forward this call to your Government, and make such recommendations as you deem fit for its worthy representation at this Convention.

"I may add, as a result of a conference with Chairman Wyman, that every effort is being made by the Mexican Government to ensure the success of this gathering, and it is hoped, in view of the importance of the work before it, that each American Republic may decide to appoint delegates."

Program of the

Third International Sanitary Convention of American Republics.

MEXICO CITY, DECEMBER 2 TO 7, 1907.

MONDAY, THE 2D

MORNING.

10 o'clock. Inaugural Session in the special hall of the Department of the Treasury (National Palace).

Speech by the Vice-President of the Republic and Secretary of the
Interior.

Speech by the President of the Convention..

Reply by one of the delegates in the name of all the Republics that accepted the invitation, or brief reply by each delegate.

Appointment of committees.

AFTERNOON.

From 3 to 6. Session in the special hall of the Department of the Treasury. Reading of the reports presented by each delegate in the name of his country and in regard to the different subjects referred to the Provisional Program of the Convention.

The reading shall be made by roll call of the Republics.

NIGHT.

8 o'clock. Banquet given in honor of the Delegates to the Convention by the Supreme Council of the Federal District Government and the Municipality of Mexico, Municipal Palace.

TUESDAY, THE 3D.

MORNING.

8 o'clock. Visit to the Penitentiary of Mexico. The train that will take the party to the Penitentiary will start from the Plaza. de la Constitucion (opposite the National Palace) at 8.00 a. m.

From 10 to 12. Session in the special hall of the Department of the Treasury. Continuation of the reading of the reports.

12 o'clock. Visit to the Post Office building.

AFTERNOON.

3.30 o'clock. The President of the Republic will receive the Delegates at the National Palace.

After the reception a visit will be made to the Palace of Chapultepec.

WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH.

MORNING.

From 9 to 12. Session in the place indicated.

Discussion of the measures of international sanitary police against yellow fever proposed in the reports or on motion of the Delegates.

AFTERNOON.

From 3 to 4. Session in the place indicated.

Discussion on malaria, on the subject of the same reports or motions. 4 o'clock. Visit to the Supreme Board of Health and the Disinfection plants. From 5 to 6.30. Session in the place indicated.

Discussion on measures of international sanitary police against bubonic plague and cholera proposed in the reports or on motion of the Delegates.

NIGHT.

8 o'clock. Concert in the Arbeu Theatre, in honor of the Delegates.

THURSDAY, THE 5TH.

MORNING.

8.30 o'clock. Excursion to Xochimilco and the Water Works of Mexico City. The trains for this excursion will start from the Plaza de la Constitucion (opposite National Palace) at 8.30 a. m. Visit to the Water Works. In Chapultepec there will be a transfer to the trains that will convey the Delegates to the Water Works.

Lunch at Xochimilco.

Returning there will be a transfer at San Antonio and the electric cars will take the delegates to the National Palace where a session will be held from 6 to 8 p. m.

NIGHT.

From 6 to 8. Session in the place indicated.

Discussion on measures against trachoma, beri-beri and other transmissible diseases.

FRIDAY, THE 6TH.

MORNING.

From 9 to 12. Session in the place indicated.

Discussion on measures for the prevention of tuberculosis on board ships and railroad cars.

AFTERNOON.

3 o'clock. Visit to the Juarez, Roma and La Condesa colonies of Mexico City. Visit to the General Hospital, the Pumping Station, the sewer-cleaning plant, and a national primary school.

NIGHT.

From 7 to 9. Session in the place indicated.

Continuation of the discussion on amendments to the previous convention.

Reading of reports on the discovery of the yellow fever germ; on other means of transmission of yellow fever and malaria, besides the mosquito bite, and on studies tending to improve the methods of exterminating the mosquito.

Adoption of resolution presented in the previous session.
Presentation by each delegate of a report on the organization in his
country of a commission composed of three physicians or health
officers, to form part of the International Sanitary Information
Committee of the American Republics.

AFTERNOON.

From 3 to 5. Closing session in the place indicated.
Designation of the place for the next Conference.

Designation of the authority who will issue the invitations for the next
Convention.

Appointment of the President for the next Convention.

Appointment of the President and personnel of the International Sanitary Bureau of the American Republics.

Brief farewell address by each delegate, and reply by the President of the Convention.

NIGHT.

8 o'clock. Dinner given by the Mexican Delegation in honor of the Delegates of the other Republics.