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those that are cooked must be sufficiently cooked, raised to 

 boiling point, and kept there at least ten minutes." 



International Exploration of the Sea, and the 



Stockholm Conference. 



In our last Report the further exploration of the North 

 Atlantic and the Arctic Seas, in the interests both of 

 fisheries work and of scientific investigation, was discussed 

 at some length, and suggestions were made as to the lines 

 along which series of observations were highly desirable. 

 This matter has been before the minds of scientific men 

 both in this country and abroad for some years now, and 

 many biologists would, no doubt, gladly do the work if 

 the necessary observing vessels were provided by the 

 European governments concerned in the coast fisheries. 

 When it was announced, early in 1899, that our govern- 

 ment had accepted the invitation from the Swedish 

 government to take part in an International Conference 

 on the whole subject, to be held at Stockholm during the 

 summer, hope ran high that at last the opportunity had 

 come when strong representations would be made to 

 the governments of north-western Europe, such as 

 would lead to the provision of the required boats and men 

 for a number of years sufficient to carry out the biological 

 investigation of the seas around the British Isles. 



The Conference was held at Stockholm in the latter part 

 of June, and a great deal of the credit of having brought 

 the matter to that point must be given to the Secretary 

 of the Swedish Committee, Dr. Otto Pettersson, the dis- 

 tinguished Hydrographic expert. The Hydrographic 

 element was probably very strong amongst the delegates 

 present, and certainly seems to be the dominant note in 

 the published account of the deliberations. Probably, 



