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delegates, Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff, Mr. Garstang, and Dr. Mill, arrived 

 at 3 o'clock. 



It was resolved, on Dr. Herwig's proposition, to follow the same order 

 of business as at Stockholm. The President proposed that they should 

 take the Stockholm programme as the basis of discussion, and thought 

 that a division into two sections, for hydrography and biology, would be 

 unnecessary on this occasion. The Conference agreed. 



Dr. Herwig (Germany) proposed that they should discuss the bio- 

 logical questions first, as these had been less elaborated than those 

 relating to hydrography, and would consequently demand more time. 



Prof. D'Arcy Thompson (Great Britain) approved of this suggestion, 

 and the Conference accepted it. 



Upon the proposition of Prof. Pettersson (Sweden), Dr. Hjort (Norway) 

 was elected General Secretary. 



Dr. Herwig, on behalf of the German delegates, submitted a draft 

 programme of biological researches for the consideration of the Con- 

 ference. 



The Conference rose at 3.30 p.m. 



Tuesday, May 7th. 

 11 a.m. Dr. Herwig (Germany) in the chair. 



Present : All the delegates except those of Belgium. 



The Conference discussed the programme of biological investigations. 



The Chairman submitted for consideration certain proposals of Drs. 

 Hjort (Norway) and Petersen (Denmark), together with some suggestions 

 of Dr. Knipowitsch (liussia). 



After a preliminary discussion of various points before the general 

 meeting it was resolved to entrust to a committee the task of drawing 

 up a new biological programme, in which a distinction should be drawn 

 between investigations obligatory upon all the states concerned (^i.c. a 

 minimum programme), and such investigations as were desirable, but not 

 compulsory, for the participating states. In general, the proposals of 

 Drs. Hjort and Petersen were to be taken as establishing the minimum 

 programme. The questions of plankton and the bottom fauna were 

 reserved for subsequent consideration. 



Prof. Pettersson and Dr. Trybom (Sweden) drew attention to the fact 

 that all the countries concerned would probably not be equally prepared 

 for the collection of statistical data over their entire extent; and that 

 for such countries the measurement of the fishes caught during the 

 scientific expeditions should suffice. 



]Mr. Garstang (Great Britain) drew attention to a paragraph in the 

 German proposals which dealt with investigations concerning the cap- 



