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The meeting agreed to both these changes. 
Under Head 5e (Gentral Laboratory) the President stated that no pro- 
posals had been received from its Director, Prof. Friptsor Nansen'). The question, 
how the Central Laboratory was to be conducted in future, would have to be 
carefully considered. 
Under Head 5d (The Biological and Fisheries Investigations. 
Reports of the Gommittees A, B, C1 and C2) the President said that the 
Committees had met during the previous days, February 28th—March 2nd, and for- 
mulated their wishes and proposals. He would now ask the Conveners of the 
Committees to inform the International Council of their proposals. 
On behalf of Committee A (Migration of Fishes) the Convener Dr. JoHan 
Hsort reported that the following resolution had been accepted by the Committee 
and he would now lay it before the International Council for confirmation: 
The members of Committee A are requested to send in to the Convener 
before the 1st of January 1907 the material suitable to the preparation of the 
proposed Report, whether in the form of the actual material or as printed or 
written reports. It is understood herewith, that the original sources of infor- 
mation, i.e. the various contributions, will sooner or later be published by 
themselves on the responsibility of the different authors. 
The Report shall be drawn up by the Convener and transmitted to the 
Council along with any comments or additions desired by the individual 
members of the Committee. 
The Committee may decide how far certain material is to be added to 
the Report as appendices. 
After a short discussion during which Mr. ARCHER emphasized the import- 
ance of the reports from all the Committees being dealt with in the same manner 
and submitted to the International Council, the resolution of Committee A was 
accepted. 
On behalf of Committee B (Natural History of the Plaice) the Con- 
vener Mr. WALTER Garstang stated that he had no proposals to submit to the 
International Council. 
On behalf of Committee GC [Baltic Fisheries: Convener, Dr. F. Trypom 
(G 1), Dr. C. G. Jon. Prrersen (G2)] Dr. F. Trysom first reported, that the drawing 
1) As to the determinations of different constants, see the proceedings of the Hydrographical 
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