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tion of one of us, should the Council see fit, to serve upon the Bureau, we found 

 ourselves in the fortunate position that, neither of us having any personal ambi- 

 tion in the matter, or indeed any desire beyond the furtherance of the work of 

 the Council, we were able to regard the question from a perfectly detached point 

 of view. Regarding the matter so, we came to a conclusion which had no refe- 

 rence to our respective merits but solely to the question of what would appear 

 to be most convenient in all the circumstances which required consideration". 



Head 11 of the Agenda (Conclusion of the Meeting). The new Pre- 

 sident, Geheimrat Rose, thanked Professor Pettersson heartily for the able way, 

 in which he had presided. — Applause. 



Professor Pettersson finally expressed cordial thanks to the Danish Com- 

 mission, especially to the General Secretary, as also to the Assistants of the Bureau ; 

 it seemed to him that the capital of Denmark was like a home for the Members 

 of the International Study of the Sea. 



Whereupon the Meeting closed. 



Appendix. Informal Meeting. 



Friday 20th September at 3 p. m. 



Discussion of the programme for the co-operation with the 



United States. 



Dr. Hjort gave a lecture regarding the experience and results of his last 

 expedition with "Michael" Sars in the Atlantic Ocean and drew the attention to 

 the importance of the hydrographical conditions and relations, which had been 

 studied after the same plan as used by the Council in the European quarters, and 

 which influence the life and propagation of the fish off the coasts of the United 

 States and New Foundland. 



Dr. Smith mentioned the study of the life and propagation of the mackere 

 on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as one of the most important problems for a 

 continued investigation. 



