The International Geodetic Conference at Buda Pest

Abstract

THE International Geodetic Association held its triennial conference at Buda Pest from September 20 to 28, and I had the honour of serving as the delegate of our Government. By the kindness of the Hungarian Academy the meetings were held in their handsome building, and the arrangements for our reception, which had been made by M. Louis de Bodola, were in every way admirable. Before considering the scientific work of the conference I may mention that the Prime Minister, Dr. Wekerle, invited the members of the “Permanent Commission” to dinner, and that the Archduke J oseph afterwards received all the delegates at the palace. On subsequent days the Burgomeister of Buda Pest gave a dinner in our honour, as also did Count Albert Apponyi, Minister of Public Instruction.