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for the purpose of considering the report, and that the Delegate from each of these 

 countries should send in to the Bureau the name of the representative who should 

 serve on the Committee before the 1st July. 



The Salmon 

 Question 



The Seal 

 Question 



In accordance with the proposal of the Baltic Salmon Committee the International Council 



resolved: — 

 Resolution 1 9. 



That the work in Denmark, Russia and Sweden on the rivers selected for the 

 purposes of experiment, (vide Protocol for the sittings of the Commission 24th and 

 25th April 1912) may commence forthwith, and that a communication to that effect 

 be made to the respective Governments, and the Council further recommend the 

 following addition to the proposal made at the sitting of the Bureau of the International 

 Council in Berlin (on 20th May 1911): 



"In considering the programme for the investigation of a selected salmon-river, 

 it appeared an essential requirement to have a report drawn up regarding the manner 

 in which the hatching and liberation of salmon fry had hitherto been carried on in 

 the different countries of Europe and America and regarding the results obtained 

 therefrom and from the salmon marking experiments. It was resolved to suggest, 

 that the Reporter for the above subject should be charged with the drawing up of 

 the report". 



In accordance with the proposal of the Sub-Committee appointed to consider what steps 

 should be taken for the protection of the Fisheries in certain waters against Seals the 



International Council resolved : — 



Resolution 20. 



That an addition should be made to the resolution dated September 1910 

 (pp. 26/27 Procès-Verbaux 1910), and that the advisability of coming to an agreement 

 on the following basis should be brought to the notice of the Governments of those 

 countries, which touch the Baltic or the Cattegat: 



1. The countries in question, viz: Denmark, Germany, Russia and Sweden, will com- 

 mence the offer of premiums at such earliest date as may be possible, but not later 

 than 1st Januar 1914. 



2. Payment of premiums to be made in accordance with the form hereinafter given 

 for "Reward for Capture of Seals'' (see below). As regards conditions to be ful- 

 filled by claimants, it is left to the decision of the respective countries which of 

 the three methods hereinafter named shall be adopted for each. 



3. Claims made in one country by subjects of another are to be settled according to 

 the decision of the country in which presented. 



4. The information collected by means of the forms referred to, is to be statistically 

 ordered and arranged, and laid before the International Council at the Annual Meeting. 



5. The collaboration of Norway in the agreement has still to be obtained. 



