Constitution of. 
the International 
Council 
Constitution of 
the Bureau and 
special Com- 
mittees 
Contributions of. 
the cooperating 
States 
BUREAU OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL 
FOR THE STUDY OF THE SEA 
Report of Administration 
for the thirdiyear: 22¢ July 1904-21: July 1905 
Except for the death of Prof. P. T. Crevr, Upsala, and the consequent loss 
to the Swedish Committee, no changes occurred during the third year in the com- 
position of the International Council for the Study of the Sea. At the meeting of 
the Couneil on the 21 of July 1905 the President referred eulogistically to the 
memory of their late colleague, whose special service to the international cooper- 
ation had been to determine the plankton collected by the Swedish seasonal 
cruises and by numerous steamers trading across the North Sea. 
At the same meeting the members of the Inner and General Executive 
Committees (the Bureau) for the first three years were reelected for the further 
period of two years. The members of the various Committees were also reelected 
at the same time; a new member was appointed to the Committees A and B in 
the person of Mr. E. W. L. Hour, “Scientific Adviser to the Fisheries Branch of 
the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland”, Dublin. 
Messrs. W. E. ArcHer, London, A. Hamman, Ostende, and Dr. Knıpowinsch, 
St. Petersburg, were appointed to form, with the President and Vice-President, the 
Audit Committee for the financial year 1904—05. 
' At the close of the second financial year the Danish Government was once 
more approached by the Bureau, and requested to receive the contributions of 
the various countries and thence to transmit them to the bankers of the Inter- 
national Council. The Danish Government kindly acceded to this request, received 
the contributions and assigned them to the bankers of the Council. This oppor- 
