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fjord in relation to the oxygen content, alkalinity and content of organic matter 

 in the sea water. 



On the suggestion of the President, Professor Pettersson, a plan for compila- 

 tion and publication of surface temperatures from 1900 — 1913, in certain parts of 

 the North Atlantic, was agreed upon at this meeting. The results hereof have been 

 published in the Bulletin Hydrographique. 



A long series of publications has been printed and issued during the war. 

 I beg to refer to the report distributed to the members of this meeting. (Appendix. 

 See p. 90.) 



Point 1 of the Agenda (continued). At the suggestion of the President, the 

 Sections were formed, so that the Sectional work could be commenced the follow- 

 ing morning and, while offering to open the Hydrographical and Plankton Section 

 himself, he asked that Prof. D'Arcy Thompson should open the Section for Stati- 

 stics and Fisheries. 



To this Prof. Thompson agreed, and at the same time he expressed a desire 

 that those gentlemen who had special knowledge of the subject matter of the Bul- 

 letin Statistique would communicate with him so that they could fix a time to dis- 

 cuss the details of the Bulletin, as he would like their help especially as regarded 

 literary criticism and suggestions. He wanted men who were sufficiently acquainted 

 with the national statistics, so that they would know what could actually be attained, 

 which was a very different matter from what was conceived in the imagination. 

 For practical purposes it was urgently desirable that they should again 

 consider the case and have a small committee, more or less of specialists who were 

 willing and able to advise in the matter. Other statistical questions, as well as the 

 Fisheries question, would come within the scope of the general biological discussions. 



The President further expressed a desire that the various delegates should, 

 for practical reasons, inform the General Secretary to which Section they would 

 mainly attach themselves, even though they might also participate in the work 

 of the other. Section. The names were announced to the General Secretary as follows: 



Hydrographical and Plankton Section: Prof. Pettersson, Dr. 

 Allan, Prof. Behal, Dr. Ekman, Prof, van Everdingen, Mr. Farran, Prof. 

 Gardiner, Prof. Gilson, Prof. Gran, Dr. Jee, Dr. Johnstone, Prof. Knudsen, 

 Prof. Ostenfeld, Docent Pettersson, Prof. Witting and Dr. Wollaston. 



Fisheries and Statistical Section: Dr. Andersson, Mr. Bottemanne^ 

 Dr. Fulton, Dr. Johansen, Mr. Jones, Mr. Borley, Dr. Järvi, Dr. Redeke, 

 Dr. Rosen, Dr. Russell, Mr. Sund, Mr. Lea. It was decided that the Sections 

 should meet the next morning at 10 o'clock in the Lecture Hall, Surveyors' Institution. 



Point 6 of the Agenda (continued). The President then proposed that the 

 remaining time of the meeting should be devoted to hearing a résuriié by Captain 

 DRECHSELof the Plaice Question, which had been a cardinal question for 18 years. 

 This was agreed to. 



