Work of 
the Committees 
Committee A 
Committee B 
Committee C1 
Appendix D 
Committee C2 
ADMINISTRATION-REPORT 1905—06 =, SOUL == 
In accordance with § 15 of the Business Organization for the Central Labo- 
ratory, the Audit Committee of the International Council was requested by the 
Burean to audit the accounts of the Central Laboratory *). 
The following report may be made concerning the work of the Committees: 
Committee A (Convener, Dr. Joan Hort, Bergen). Dr. Joan Hsorr has 
reported to the Bureau regarding his work as Convener during the year July 1905 
—July 1906 as follows: 
In the year July 1905—July 1906 the endeavours to obtain material as 
uniform and extensive as possible for the report agreed upon have been continued. 
For this purpose a summary of the principal results and of the observations still 
to be completed was prepared for the meeting of the Committee at Amsterdam 
(28th February—1st March 1906) and distributed to the members of the Committee 
in manuscript form. At this meeting it was agreed to continue the work ener- 
getically during the year 1906 and the more precise details of the work were 
determined. Since that time I have endeavoured, partly through correspondence 
with the members of the Committee, partly through the investigations conducted 
by myself, to complete the collection of the material, so that it may be possible _ 
to draw up the report during the year 1907. . 
Committee B (Convener, Mr. WALTER Garsrane, Lowestoft) has continued 
its investigations on the natural history of the fishes taken with the trawl in the 
North Sea and has been specially engaged in investigations on the vitality of trawl- 
caught plaice and in investigations on the determination of the age of plaice by 
means of the otoliths. 
Committee C1 (Convener, Dr. Fır. Trysom, Stockholm). Concerning the 
investigation during the year 1905—06 a short report has been received from the 
Convener, which is given here as Appendix D to this Report. From the discus- 
sions at the meeting in Amsterdam on March ist 1906, it appears that the work 
was to be so arranged that a general report on the investigations of the Committee 
could be made ready by April 1st, 1907 and forwarded to the Bureau. 
Committee C2 (Convener, Dr. C. G. Jon. Petersen, Copenhagen). A report 
on the work of this Committee during the period February 1903—March 1906 
was agreed to by the Committee and laid as draft before the meeting of the 
1) Note during printing: The Audit Committee has found the statement of account in 
order. P.P.C.H. 
