110 INTERNATIONAL CONFEllENCE, 



It is proposed to undertake these investigations in the technical insti- 

 tute at Copenhagen under the direction of a committee, consisting of 

 Messrs. Sir John Murray, Knudsen, Pettersson, Nansen, Kriimmel, 

 H, N. Dickson, and Makaroff. The means for carrying out these works 

 are to be requested from such learned societies as have funds for such 

 purposes. 



G. 



The Conference recommends that these resolutions be brought by the 

 nations concerned to the knowledge of the Governments of France and 

 Belgium. 



H. 



In case the resolutions of the Conference should be accepted by the 

 States, it is anticipated that some length of time will elapse before the 

 organisation of the central bureau is completed. In the meantime 

 the Governments may wish to possess an organisation in connection 

 with this Conference which may be useful in constituting the Council 

 and the central bureau. 



The members of the third Committee, Akerman, Drechsel, Von 

 Grimm, Herwig, Hoek, J. Murray, Nansen, Pettersson, hereby offer 

 their services for this purpose. 



Stockholm, June 2Zrd, 1899. 



APPENDIX T. 



In the quantitative estimation of pelagic fish eggs, and of the free- 

 swimming larval stages that proceed from eggs, whether pelagic or 

 demersal, the following considerations have to be kept in view : — 



1. According to our present knowledge these floating objects are 

 distributed over somewhat extensive areas, by the agency of winds, 

 waves, and currents, in such a manner that a reasonable approximation 

 of the total number of eggs present within the whole area may be 

 arrived at by means of samples taken at certain points. 



2. Since the stages of development are not confined to the surface- 

 water, but partly, in the case of the riper eggs and larva", float deeper 

 down, the net must be drawn, for purpose of quantitative estimation, 

 in a vertical direction. 



3. The several series of observations must be carried out in a uniform 

 manner in order that the results may be comparable. An example of 

 the method of procedure lies to hand in the "Pericht der Kommission 

 zur Untersuchung der deutschen Meere " on the experimental cruises 



