MEETING — MAY 191S — 10 



First Sitting. 



Thursday 23rd May 1918, 10.30 a. m. 



Chairman: President Professor Pettersson. 



Present; Drechsel, G. Ekman, van Everdingen, Hjort, Johansen, Knudsen, 



MoRTENSEN, OsTENFELD, Redeke, Ryder, later: Gran 



Secretary: Dr. Gehrke. 



The President Professor Pettersson opened the meeting at 10.30 a. m. and 

 suggested a discussion of point 1 of the agenda. 



Professor Knudsen reported on the collecting and working up of the material 

 from Holland, Germany, and Denmark and laid before the members the manuscript 

 of the Atlantic Bulletin prepared by the Bureau. 



On the proposal of Professor Pettersson, a sub-committee was nominated 

 to deal with the editorial details. Ekman, Everdingen, Gehrke, Knudsen, 

 Pettersson and Ryder were charged herewith. 



Dr. Hjort asked to what extent the Bureau had endeavoured to procure material 

 for this Bulletin also from other countries. 



Professor Pettersson replied that this had certainly been the case but that 

 difficulties of a practical nature had restricted the Bureau to the material as yet 

 collected. 



In agreement herewdth it was pointed out by all experts present at the meeting 

 that a collection of further material could hardly be carried out with the means 

 at present at the disposal of the Bureau, and that at any rate it would delay the 

 publication of the new bulletin quite considerably. 



Dr. Hjort then raised the question whether it would be well already now to 

 publish the Atlantic Bulletin in its present shape or whether it would not be better 

 to postpone the publication until a complete and more international material of 

 observations was at the disposal of the Bureau. 



With reference to this, Dr. Redeke pointed out that for the continuation of 

 the international cooperation it would undoubtedly be useful that the Bureau 

 issued publications as frequently as possible in order to keep the public informed 

 as to the results of its work. 



Further, Professor Knudsen and Professor van Everdingen remarked that 

 at any rate the present work would mean a step in the right direction and that 

 its publication could not therefore be considered unjustified. Moreover, the tables 

 were so extensive that in future it would be easy for anybody the compare our 

 material with any fresh material which might subsequently be acquired. 



