The grand committee appointed to consider the proportions for the blanks in the report on revenue, &c., reported the following, grounded ou the number of inhabitants in each state; observing that New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maryland, had produced authentic documents of their numbers; and that, in fixing the numbers of other states, they had been governed by such information as they could obtain. They also reduced the interest of the aggregate debt to two millions and a half.

	Number of Inhabitants.	Proportions of one thousand.	Proportions of one and a half millions.
New Hampshire,……	82,200	35	52,500
Massachusetts,……	350,000	148	222,000
Rhode Island,……	50,400	21	31,500
Connecticut,……	206,000	87	130,500
New York,……	200,000	85	127,500
New Jersey,……	130,000	55	82,500
Pennsylvania,……	320,000	136	204,000
Delaware,……	35,000	15	22,500
Maryland,……	220,700	94	141,000
Virginia,……	400,000	169	253,500
North Carolina,……	170,000	72	108,000
South Carolina,……	170,000	72	108,000
Georgia,……	25,000	11	16,500
	2,359,300	1,000	1,500,000 annual interest of debt, after deducting 1,000,000 of dollars, expected from impost on trade.

A committee, consisting of Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Ellsworth, was appointed to report the proper arrangements to be taken in consequence of peace. The object was to provide a system for foreign affairs, for Indian affairs, for military and naval establishments; and also to carry into execution the regulation of weights and measures, and other articles of the Confederation not attended to during the war. To the same committee was referred a resolution of the executive council of Pennsylvania, requesting the delegates of that state to urge Congress to establish a general peace with the Indians.

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