MEETING - MAY 19lS , — 24 — 



With these additions and remarks the budget for the present year was 

 unanimously recommended to be adopted by the members of the 

 Council as budget for the year 1918 — 19. 



The issue of the draft budget for 1918 — 19 was postponed till the answer as 

 to the British contribution should have been received. 



Finally, the President in hearty words acknowledged his appreciation of 

 the manner, in which the staff of the Bureau carried out their work, and the General 

 Secretary returned thanks on behalf of the staff. 



Close of the meeting at 5 p. m. 



Recommendations. 



1. The delegates were greatly interested in the proposal made by the Dutch 

 Government to the Swedish Government, asking for a light-ship to be stationed 

 in the free passage in the North Sea, in order to obtain more security for navigation. 

 They beg to remark, that the placing of such a vessel there would be highly advan- 

 tageous, also for the purposes of the international investigation of the sea; regular 

 hydrographie al observations in particular might be taken there, in the same manner 

 as such are obtained for instance on the Dutch light-ships up to this moment. These 

 observations would have special interest for this reason, that they are the only 

 ones obtainable under the present circumstances. — Besides this, it is considered 

 not improbable that fishery investigations, made on board there, would prove of 

 direct practical importance. 



For these reasons the delegates beg to second most earnestly the proposal of 

 the Dutch Government. 



2. Concerning the future work of the hydrographical department of the Bureau, 

 it is recommended that a further treatment of the material published in the hydro- 

 graphical Bulletins be taken up. First and foremost, the surface salinities of the 

 North Atlantic Ocean, and the decade surface temperatures of the North Sea should 

 be dealt with. 



3. As hydrographical investigations on steamers in the North Sea have been 

 suspended during the war, and it must also be considered as a matter of great im- 

 portance to ensure the continuity of the observations as far as possible, the Dutch 

 delegates are asked to continue and if possible to extend the hydrographical obser- 

 vations on board the light-ships. 



4. Dr. JoHANSEN and Dr. Redeke delivered a report on the results of the plaice 

 investigations carried out in continuation of previous work on the plaice of the 



