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After the close of the discussion Dr. Hort inquired of the Bureau, whether 
it would be possible in future to send the scheme of expenditure to the members 
of the International Council before the meeting took place. The General Secretary 
replied, that the Bureau also considered it desirable to do so, and would with pleasure 
endeavour to comply with this desire. It had not been done hitherto, 1°. because 
the scheme had to be laid before the General Executive before being settled and this 
body met in the week of the Council’s meeting only, and 2°. because the discus- 
sions taking place in the Committees and in the Sections, immediately before the 
meeting of the International Council, might have brought about changes in the 
scheme. 
Under Head 5 of the Agenda (Decision regarding the General 
Report) the President referred to the resolution adopted at the Hamburg meeting 
of the International Council in February 1904, viz. that an extensive report on the 
work of the first two years of the international cooperation should be prepared 
and published. Such a General Report had been sent in draft-form to the members 
of the International Council in the early months of this year. A final decision had 
now to be taken regarding this report. He gave the word to the Vice-President, 
Prof. O. Perrersson, who said that the Bureau, after the discussions with the members 
of the Council during the last few days, wished to propose the following resolution: 
“The official part of the report shall contain only the “General Introduction” 
p. 1—17 of the Draft-Report. 
“The Council is to be considered responsible for this part; before the 
annexes, however, a note will be inserted stating that they are published on the 
responsibility of the different authors. 
“The authors of Part 2—4 (p. 18—54) of the official part of the Draft 
Report have the right to decide for themselves, whether they wish or do not wish 
to insert these parts in changed or unchanged form amongst the annexes of the 
General-Report.” 
This resolution was put under discussion and carried unanimously. 
Under Head 6 of the Agenda (Consideration of the Hydrographical 
Program for the period July 1905—July 1907) Professor Orro KRÜMMEL 
reported on the discussions of the hydrographical section. Referring to the Proces- 
Verbal of the Section, which would be published with the Proces-Verbal of the days 
meeting of the Council, he proposed in the name of the Hydrographical Section, 
that the Council should accept the following resolutions: 
I. The International Council expresses its sincere thanks to Mr. E. W. L. Hour 
