COUNCIL — FEBRUARY 1904 
or 
Agenda for the Meeting of February 1904 
Decision regarding the Expenditure for the financial year 1903—1904. 
Nomination of the members of the Finance Committee for the accounts of 
1903—1904. RN 
Nomination of a member for Germany to Committee B, in place of Prof. Henkıne 
who wishes to resign, and nomination of a member to that Committee for 
Belgium. 
Proposal of Captain Drecaser, Member of the Council for Denmark, to recom- 
mend the establishment of a telegraph-cable to Iceland. 
Proposal of Prof. Krümmez, Member of the Council for Germany, to appoint a 
Committee to undertake new experimental investigations on the compressibility 
of sea-water, with regard to temperature, salinity and gases, and to allow to 
this Gommittee a total credit of at most 5000 Kroner over the financial years 
1903—1904 and 1904—1905. 
Proposal of Professor Nansen, Member of the Council for Norway, to decide 
regarding current measuring during the seasonal cruises. 
. Proposal of the Bureau to include in the financial years 1903—1904 and 1904 
—1905 a total credit of at most 5000 Kroner, for assistance to be given by 
the Bureau in the carrying out of experiments with fishing apparatus, with 
modifications of the ordinary fishing nets, with lines and with specially con- 
structed apparatus, only such investigations being meant which may be con- 
sidered useful by the Bureau. 
Reports of the Committees A, B and C. 
Communication from Prof. Henxine, Hannover, regarding “Representations of 
statistical data”. ; 
Communications from the Bureau regarding: 
a. The preparation and publication of hydrographical sections in future bulletins. 
b. The reports which will be published. 
c. Mr. G. Bipper’s experiments with “bottom trailers”. 
. Other proposals submitted to the meeting by members of the Council. 
