COUNCIL - SEPT. 1910 - APPEND. G — 36 



Appendix C 



Protocol of the Hydrographieal Section 



Meeting of 22.-26. September 1910. 



Agenda: 



a. Report on the work of the Hydrographieal Department of the Bureau since 

 July 1909. 



b. Report on the preparation and distribution of standard water. 



c. Report on the elaboration of the observations regarding the currents in the 

 North Sea. 



d. Communication and discussion regarding the hydrographieal investigations 

 to be expected from the different countries during the year 1910 — .1911. 



e. Other business. 



First Sitting: Thursday 22nd September 1910, 11.30 a. m. 



Chairman: Professor Krümmel. 



Secretary: Johan Gehrke. 



Present also: Brandt, Gustaf Ekman, Green, Jee, Knipowitsch, Knddsen, Masterman, Paulsen, 



Pettersson, Redeke, D'arct Thompson, Witting. Later: Archer, Hjort. 



Point a on the agenda. Docent Knudsen reported on the work of the hydro- 

 graphical department of the Bureau in the year July 1909 — July 1910, and the 

 report was accepted by the Section. 



Point d on the agenda. The hydrographieal investigations planned in the 

 different countries for the year July 1910 — July 1911 were taken into consideration. 

 The division of the work in the North Sea was discussed in detail, and a resolution 

 (No. 1) was drawn up, but a decision as to its final form postponed to a later 

 sitting. It M'as further emphasized as necessary, that an extensive investigation 

 of the entire region should be carried out in May 1911, as in May 1910; a re- 

 solution (2) was drawn up, but the decision as to its final form was also post- 

 poned to a later sitting. As no representative of Belgium was present, the dis- 

 cussion of the Belgian investigations had also to be postponed. 



