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The Bureau convenes the Council to meetings, lays down the order of the 

 day for the proceedings, administers the moneys voted to the Council by the 

 various countries, in accordance with the budget agreed upon by the Council, deals 

 with correspondence etc. 



The expenses ot the international co-operatiofi of the Council are met by 

 the sums annually voted by the different countries. These contributions, which 

 are independent of the individual countries' contributions towards national work in 

 the investigation of the sea, vary from about Kr. 4675 for the smaller countries to 

 about Kr. 22225 for the greater. 



The expenses consist mainly in partial compilation and publication of the 

 various data procured by the investigations of the participating countries, and may 

 for a single year be specified as follows: 



Working up of data ca. 47500 Kr. 



Printing, translations, etc „ 30500 „ 



Administration etc „ 17000 „ 



ca. 95000 Kr. 

 As regards the annual sums voted for the national work of the individual 

 participating countries, these vary somewhat. The latest statement made shows: 



Belgium ca. Kr. 8300 



Denmark . » 73300 



England!) „ „ 211140 



Germany . . 14-0000 



Netherlands^) „ „ 38500 



Norway „ , 50000 



Russia „ . 150000 



with Finland „ „ 20000 



Scotland^) „ „ 100000 



Sweden „ « 56000 



United States*) „ „ 130000 



1) In addition to the above sum the Boavd of Agriculture and Fisheries receive for the collec- 

 tion of Fishery Statistics and Ichthyometric work Jf 3"200 = Kr. 57600. 



') Expenses for the furtherance of a Fishery Statistic are not included. 



') In addition to the above sum the Scottish Fishery Board receives i" 700 = ca. 12500 Kr. for 

 scientific investigations unconnected with the international work. 



*) The total appropriation for the Bureau of Fisheries for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913 

 is Dollars 944.790, ca. Kr. 3.542.960. 



