COUNCIL — SEPTEMBER 1912 — 24 — 



It may perhaps be better to follow the suggestion of Geheimrat Heinoke ; in 

 any case I think we should ask the Sections to consider the matter". This was 

 agreed to by the Council. 



After this Geheimrat Rose mentioned a Swedish Report lately composed 

 by Professor Pettersson about the work of the international investigation of the 

 Sea during the last 1Ü years. He was of opinion that it would be useful for the 

 Sections to have this Report at hand during their consideration about the prepa- 

 ration of a Memorandum. 



Professor Pettersson stated that Commander Drechsel had drawn up a 

 similar Danish Report, and that both Reports were at the disposal of the Sections. 



Under Head 9 (Other business [Including communication about 

 the Seal question]) the General Secretary communicated to the Council that 

 the Seal resolution of last meeting some time ago had been forwarded to the 

 various Governments through the Danish Foreign Office. 



Second Sitting: Saturday September 21st at 2 p. m. 



The President W. E. Archer in tlie chair. 

 Presents: the Members, Experts etc. (list p. 3). 



Head 1 of the Agenda (continued). (Resignation of President Archer). 

 Mr. Archer in opening the Meeting expressed regret Ihat owing to loss of voice he 

 had been unable, on the first day of the Meeting, to make the statement which 

 stood in his name as the first item on the Agenda. The statement he wished to 

 make was to announce officially, what was already known to most of them un- 

 officially, viz:— that owing to ill-health he had been obliged to resign the position 

 of Assistant Secretary of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and to explain 

 that as he was not now one of the British Delegates he was no longer a Member 

 of the Council and was not, therefore, elligible for re-election as President. 



He went on to say that his colleagues would remember that as long ago as 

 1904, when the Council met at Hamburg, he was unable to attend the festivities 

 which were given in their honour owing to a severe attack of renal cholic, to 

 which attacks he had been subject for several years. Some months later he under- 

 went a severe operation, which was apparently successful, and for some years he 

 hoped that he had completely recovered. Two years ago, however, he again became 



