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power of the commission is very adequately safeguarded " ; 

 and with this opinion we are in agreement. The effect of the 

 resolution may be that in due time two or three of the names 

 in our Hand-List will have to be altered, but it cannot 

 affect more than a very few names, and it is necessary in 

 every case that the decision of the Commission should be 

 unanimous. In any case it is clearly our duty to abide 

 absolutely by the Rules until those Rules are suspended 

 in a specific case by the International Commission, and until 

 the Commission gives its authority for the use of another 

 name in such case. If only everyone would agree to a like 

 course of action instead of thrusting their individual opinions 

 upon us, uniformity would soon be reached. 



We are very glad to know that the impossible and altogether 

 impracticable proposals of the German Zoological Society 

 were vetoed, and that the resolution finally passed protects 

 the law of priority so efficiently that it cannot be suspended 

 in any case without the authority of the Commission. 



The Editors. 



