HYDROGRAPHICAL SECTION — JULY 1905 ( 30 ) 
‘With regard to Point B of the Appendix (direct current measure- 
ments both on the surface and in deep water), it was agreed to adjourn 
the discussion and to treat the question along with the communications of Prof. 
Winp and Prof. Nansen. 
With regard to Point A (chemical investigations having a direct bear- 
ing on the existence of animal and vegetable life) it was pointed out, that 
the Council and the Conferences had insisted on the importance and desirability of 
such investigations and that experiments in connection therewith were already in 
progress at Kiel; there was no reason, therefore, to propose a new resolution. 
Docent Knupsew’s proposals (Append. B—D) were now discussed. The general 
proposal regarding changes in the system of observation was adjourned till the following 
day. With regard to the proposal for the working out of the hydrographical material, 
it was resolved to invite Mr. Knupsen to undertake the working out of a part 
as a proof and to submit the result to the hydrographers not later than the next 
meeting of the Council. 
Docent Knupsen recommended his proposals with regard to the modification 
of the Bulletin and it was resolved, that all the observations in deep water — also 
those, which have been carried out between the seasonal cruises — should be inserted 
in the Bulletin. They would be arranged in the form of tables as hitherto and also 
represented in sections. If a sufficient series of observations with small inter- 
vals of time is made at one and the same place, a graphic representation of the 
hydrographical changes can afterwards be constructed and reproduced on a table. 
Observations in deep water from certain lightships, to be determined later, should 
be inserted in the Bulletin, but only if the salinity has been determined titrimetri- 
cally (Resolution IV). 
The proposal regarding the working out of the surface material was discussed 
and some proof charts were shown. Prof. Winp recommended the calculation of 
averages with regard to time as well as to space and the publication of these on 
charts by means of curves. 
The meeting adjourned at 5°35 p.m. 
Second Sitting: Wednesday July 19% at 2 p.m. 
Vice-President Ovro Prrrersson in the chair. 
Present also: BRANDT, Exman, Homen, Knipowrtscu, Knupsen, Krümmer, Mitt, Nansen, Winn; 
later: Gitson. Secretary: Martin KnuDsen. 
The discussion on the proposal of Docent Kwupse regarding the working out of 
the surface material was continued. It was resolved that Part A of the Bulletin should 
