The President. The Chair has decided that the resolution offered by the Delegate of France is out of order, and unless a difference of opinion is expressed by the Conference, the subject will be dropped. The Chair wishes to treat with the most distinguished deference the Delegate of France, because we are all most happy to do honor to him in every way. Does the Chair understand that the Delegate of France appeals from its decision, and wishes to take the sense of the Conference upon it?
Mr. Janssen, Delegate of France, replied in the affirmative.
Commodore Franklin, Delegate of Colombia. Mr. President, I would like hear the resolution read again. If it be merely a suggestion to consider the subject of the decimal system, I should like to know it.
The vote was then taken upon the appeal of the Delegate of France from the decision of the Chair.
States voting in favor of the appeal:
| Austria-Hungary, | Netherlands, |
| Brazil, | San Domingo, |
| Chili, | Spain, |
| France, | Switzerland, |
| Italy, | Turkey, |
| Japan, | Venezuela. |
| Mexico, |
States voting against the appeal:
| Colombia, | Hawaii, |
| Costa Rica, | Liberia, |
| Germany, | Paraguay, |
| Great Britain, | United States. |
| Guatemala, |
Abstaining from voting: