ADMINISTRATION-REPORT 1903—04 XIV. 
3. Net- 3. The Bureau has also taken upon itself the responsibility of dirceting the experi- 
RIES ments with nets which were agreed upon by Committee B at its Amsterdam 
meeting. At the wish of the Bureau a preliminary programme for these experi- 
ment was drawn up by Dr. H.M. Kyre, and with his assistance the Bureau 
has been able to organise these experiments in almost all the countries round 
the North Sea. The experience of this year has shown that the naturalists in 
the various countries have interested themselves in the work and have been 
able to carry out nets-experiments in addition to and alongside of their other 
investigations. By constant correspondence, the Bureau is kept in touch with 
the progress of these experiments and though another year must elapse be- 
fore any exhaustive report can be drawn up, sufficient information is already 
to hand to make it hopeful that accurate knowledge will in time be obtained 
on the desired points, viz. the fishing-capacity of the otter and beam trawls, 
snurrevaad etc., the possibilities of new fishing-apparatus and of rearranging 
the existing apparatus to lessen the capture of small fish and so on. 
Work of the ' Concerning the work of the Central Laboratory during the second year, a 
Bu adie report has been sent to the Bureau by its director, Prof. Frınrsor Nansen, and is 
Christiania here published as Appendix A to this report. 
With regard to the finances of the Central Laboratory the following sum- 
mary has been received: 
Summary over receipts and expenditure of the Central Laboratory 
for 22 July 1903 until 21 July 1904 
Receipts 
1. Balance at the end of the previous year... Kr. 1295.77 
9. Contribution of the International Council... - 11700.00 
3. Contribution of the Norwegian Government - 10000:00 
4, For instruments delivered................ - 9699.80 
5. Interest in “Christiania Sparebank”........ - 174.39 
Kr. 32799.96 | 
Expenditure 
4.7: Salaries: cay ve Sa Re aaa arate Kr. 10117.94 
Ve ROHDE rages a saan vale ara Re one eM CO Un ee - 1200.00 
By lchtzandeheatneerer nee ee - 302.77 
Carry over... Kr. 11620.71 
