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The Members for England and Scotland express their desire to have 

 more statistical evidence than at present contained in the Resume before they 

 can agree to such an opinion." 



Drs. Fulton and Masterman were requested to send in their reports, con- 

 taining the final conclusions they arrived at, as early as possible to Dr. Heincke. 



The Meeting closed at 5.45 p. m. 



Copenhagen. 19. Sept. 1912. 

 2. Meeting. 



In the chair: Dr. Redeke. 



Present: Commander Drechsel, Geheimrat Heincke, Geheimrat Rose, 



Dr. Fulton, Prof. Henking, Dr. Johansen, Dr. Masterman. 



Dr. Redeke opened the meeting at 2.45 p. m. 



Dr. Henking read the minutes of the last meeting, which were agreed to. 



in reply to a question from Dr. Redeke, Dr. Masterman stated that Reports 

 on the results of the latest English statistics bearing on the plaice fishery,, 

 (extending over a period of 7 years), would be sent to Dr. Heincke immediately. 

 A special report from England had previously not been considered necessary 

 and the special material had been sent untouched to Prof. Heincke. Dr. Masterman 

 would now, however, recommend to the proper authorities the preparation of a 

 special report. If this were undertaken the work would take about six months. 



Geheimrat Heincke stated that it would be necessary for him to await the receipt 

 of this special report before dealing with the material previously mentioned, as it was 

 for him a question of setting forth the English material in the form in which it 

 was compiled. Any independent treatment of the English matter on his part would 

 be useless work. He would in the meantime proceed with the work of dealing 

 with the material from the other countries. 



Dr. Masterman stated, in reply to a question from Dr. Heincke, that the 

 first part of Dr. Heincke's Report would probably not be affected by the new 

 work of Dr. Masterman. 



Dr. Fulton stated that, owing to a misunderstanding, a proof of his re- 

 port on the statistical tables sent to Dr. Heincke had not yet been forwarded to 

 Dr. Heincke. This should, however, be done within about 14 days. He would likewise 



