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SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE,

HELD AT

THE HAGUE,

SEPTEMBER 1ST-6TH, 1875;

TOGETHER WITH

THE CONSTITUTION AND LIST OF MEMBERS.

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Association for the Reform and Codification of the

Law of Nations.

SUMMARY OF THE THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

Ar the closing sitting of the Conference at the Hague, on the motion of Mr. HENRY RICHARD, M.P., it was resolved:

"That the General Secretary be instructed to pre

pare a summary of the proceedings of this Conference, together with the names and addresses of the members and a copy of the Amended Constitution, for immediate circulation by the Council."

In pursuance of these instructions the following summary has been prepared.

It should be premised that admirable arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Association and for facilitating the business of the Conference, were made by the Local Committee, consisting of Messrs. BACHIENE, BREDIUS, CREMERS, ASSER, BEELAERTS VAN BLOKLAND, DE BRAUW and some twenty other gentlemen.

As a very agreeable prelude to the opening of the Conference, Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, on the afternoon of August 31st, honoured the members with a most hospitable reception at the Palace in the