Report on participation and work; protocols, 

 budget, list of addresses etc. 



Report on tho During the year 1913 — 14 important work has been carried out regarding 



'"''thTwork ^" the items on the Agenda of the meeting September 1913, Procès-Verbaux Vol. XIX, 

 p. 6, viz: 



4 b) Proposal on behalf of Great Britain regarding a definite period of par- 

 ticipation which should be not less than five years. 



5) Proposal regarding the plaice question of the North Sea (and the Baltic). 



6) The herring question. 



9) The question regarding Atlantic investigations. 



These questions, together with the salmon question, should have been dis- 

 cussed and partly decided upon at the meeting suggested to be held in September. 

 As no meeting has taken place, the following report has been drawn up by the 

 General Secretary about these matters: 



5-yeariy Peiiods j^d 4 J. The British proposal (see Procès-Verbaux XIX, p. 62), adopted 



p r I ip ion j^^ ^^^ international Council, was as follows : "The Council consider it desirable, 



for the sake of the stability and continuity of the work of the Council, that the 



participating countries should accept the principle of adherence for five years 



from the 22nd July 1913". 



This proposal was forwarded through the Danish Foreign Office to the various 

 participating Governments, and the following replies have been received: 



Allemagne. Pas de réponse. 



Belgique. Le gouvernement belge a décidé de continuer sa participation aux explorations 

 internationales de la mer pour une nouvelle période de 5 années à partir du 22 juillet 

 1913 sous réserve que les crédits nécessaires soient votés par le parlement et que les 

 autres puissances intéressées participent également. 



Danemark. Le gouvernement danois adhère à la jKoposition faite par le Conseil Inter- 

 national pour l'Exploration de la Mer quant à la participation quinquennale des divers 



