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from a publication of general statistics within a year of the period to which they relate even 

 though some sacrifice of detail and accuracy may thus be entailed. 



With this end in view the Committee recommend that the Fishery Departments of the 

 various nations be earnestly requested to furnish the Bureau with the main annual statistical 

 results of the fisheries as early as possible and in advance of the publication of their official 

 Reports. 



Resolution 25. 



That it is desirable both for scientific and commercial reasons that the Statistical 

 Bulletin be extended as opportunity occurs to include the statistics of all countries so as 

 ultimately to furnish an epitome of the fishery statistics of the world. 



Resolution 26. 



That the Statistical Bulletin should also contain a brief prefatory account of the methods 

 followed in each country in the collection of the statistics with the special object of giving a mea- 

 sure or indication of the degree of accuracy and completeness attained in each case, or in other 

 words the extent to which the statistics in the various countries may be considered comparable. 



Resolution 27. 



The Committee recognise the disadvantage of bilingual publication and consider that 

 the practise recently adopted of publishing the Statistical Bulletin in one language only, 

 viz., English, should be confirmed and continued; but that aU facilities should be given for the 

 use of diagrams, tabular matter, etc., to any country desiring to publish an edition of the Bul- 

 letin in its own language. 



Resolution 28. 



That it is strongly recommended that the practice already adopted in most cases of 

 publishing the statistical data in round numbers (i. e. with the omission of the last three 

 figures in the case of kilograms and shillings) be adopted universally. 



Resolution 29. 



That the Statistical Bulletin should contain a short list of the more important fishes 

 with their names in the varioxis languages and their scientific equivalents. 



Sub-Section The sub-section for the plaice having considered the results of investigations carried 



for Plaice out before and after the outbreak of war are of opinion. 



