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for the benefit of the fisheries in general. The Council, therefore, should not fear 

 to take upon itself the responsibility when necessary of acting as a buffer between 

 Ministers and the various interests in the different countries by which they were 

 necessarily influenced. 



In conclusion he desired to express his very sincere thanks to the Members 

 of the Council for the loyal support which they had given him during the last 

 five years, in which they had done him the honour of electing him their President. 

 He deeply regretted having to sever his connection with the Council and particularly 

 with his colleagues on the Bureau. It would always be a pleasure to him to 

 remember that they had worked together with so much harmony, and although 

 they had not effected all that they had hoped, he thought it might truly be said 

 that they had done their best to urge that the work should be placed on a suf- 

 ficiently broad basis to yield reliable results in the future. He would, also, desire 

 to express his sincere thanks to the Members of the staff of the Bureau for the 

 loyal assistance they had always given him. 



He wished to add but one word more. There was at the present time at 

 the Head of the English Fisheries Department an energetic Minister, deeply in- 

 terested in this work, who was anxious to do what he could for the development 

 of the fisheries. They had in Mr. Maurice, who was his representative on the 

 Council, a young, able, hardworking man, who had the confidence of that Minister. 

 He asked them to give Mr. Maurice the same help and loyal support which they 

 had given him. If they did, if they remained true to their trust, if they maintained 

 a steady continuity of investigation, if they continued to press for the work being 

 done on a scale commensurate with the great interests involved and the size of 

 the area to be investigated, he might yet live to see those ends attained for the 

 promotion of the welfare of the fisheries and the fishing population of Europe for 

 which he had made so great sacrifices. — Applause. 



He then asked Vice-President, Professor Pettersson to take the chair. 



Professor Pettersson took the chair and called upon the new British De- 

 legate, Mr. Maurice. 



Mr. Maurice said: — "Mr. Vice-President and Gentlemen: I wish first to 

 thank my friend Mr. Archer for the kind things that he has said about me, but 

 it is not for that purpose primarily that I have risen. I have no doubt that some 

 one of Mr. Archer's colleagues who have been associated with him for years past 



