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 MONEY, ETC. — DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES 421

Money, Weights, and Measures.

The dollar of 100 cents is of the par value of 49 •326?., or 4*8665 dollars to the pound sterling.

The monetary unit, in accordance with the monetary law of March 14, 1900, is the gold dollar of 25 "8 grains (or 1*6718 gramme) '900 fine. The Govei'nment undertakes to maintain parity between gold and silver coin, and a fund of 150,000,000 dollars in gold has been established for the repayment of United States notes and Treasury notes in gold at sight.

Gold coins in common use are 20, 10 and 5-doHar pieces called double eagles, d^w^ half -eagles. The eagle weighs 258 grains or 16 71818 grammes •900 fine, and therefore contains 232*2 grains or 15 '0464 grammes of fine gold.

The silver dollar weighs 412 "5 grains or 26^730 grammes '900 fine, and therefore contains 371 "25 grains or 24 ^057 grammes of fine silver. Subsidiary silver coins contain 347^22 grains of fine silver per dollar.

British weights and measures are usually employed, but the old Win- chester gallon and bushel are used instead of the new or imperial standards. They are : —

Wine Gallon = •83333 gallon.

Ale Gallon - 1^01695 ,,

Bushel. = '9692 imperial bushel.

Instead of the British cwt. a Genital, of 100 pounds, is used ; the short ton contains 2.000 lbs, ; the long ton, 2,240 lbs.

Diplomatic Representatives.

1. Of the United States in Great Britain,

Ambassador. — Walter Hines Page (1913).

Secretary of Embassy. — Irwin B. Laughlin.

Second Secretary. — William Penn Cresson.

Third Secretary. — Hallett Johnson.

Naval Attache. — Com. Powers Symington, U.S.N.

Military Attache. — Major George 0. Squier, U.S.A.

Consul -General {London). — John L. Griffiths

There are Consular representatives in Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Biistol, Burslem, Cardiff, Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh Glasgow, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield, Southampton, Swansea.

2. Of Great Britain in the United States. Ambassador. — Sir Cecil Spring Rice, G.C.A^.O., K.C.ALG. Appointed

November 14, 1912.

Councillor. — Alfred Mitchell Innes.

Secretaries. — A. Kerr Clark Kerr, and Lord Eustace Percy.

Naval Attache. — Capt. Heathcote S. Grant, R.N.

Military Attache. — Lieut. -Col. Moreton F. Gage.

Consul- General at New York. — Courtenay Walter Bennett, CLE.

There are Consular representatives at Baltimore, Boston, Charleston (V.C.), Chicago, Galveston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), New York, San Francisco (C.G.), Savannah, St. Louis (C), Mobile (N.G.), Astoria (V.C), Port Townsend (V.C), Seattle (V.C), Tacoma (V.C), Portland (Maine) (V.C), Newport News (V.C), Norfolk (V.C), Los Angeles (V.C), San Diego (V.C), Denver (V.C), Fernandina (V.C), Jacksonville (V.C), Key West (V.C), Pensacola (V.C), Port Tampa (V.C), Brun.swick (V.C), Darien (V.C), Duluth (V.C), St Paul (V.C)