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invited the Council to consider whether the observation of the fishing vessels at 
sea might not be regulated internationally, as it would only in that way be pos- 
sible to bridge over the gaps at present existing in the statistical material which 
to him seemed of the highest value. 
Finally the President, in the name of the Bureau, brought forward the 
following resolutions: 
I. The Council considers it highly desirable, that full and careful statistics 
be collected at the chief ports of entry on the question of the destruction of small 
fish, with especial reference to the size, place and season of capture of young 
plaice and other flat-fish, and desires to bring before the Governments concerned 
the necessity of allocating out of the funds for fishery research at their disposal, a 
provision sufficient for the thorough carrying out of this portion of the work. 
If. The International Council resolves that it is desirable that, in the event 
of a law being passed in Great Britain giving powers to make experiments for 
restricting the destruction of undersized flat-fish, powers be also taken by the 
various governments concerned to make experiments for restricting the destruction 
of undersized flat-fish. 
The President proposed to postpone the further consideration of these 
resolutions also to the sitting of the following day. 
The President then proposed that the next sitting should take place on 
Friday February 26th at 9.30 a.m. and that the following should be placed on 
the Agenda: 
1) Captain DrecHser’s proposal as to the promotion of a telegraphic communi- 
cation with Iceland and the Faroe Islands. 
2) The proposals of the hydrographers and a decision on Head VII Nr. 25 of | 
the Expenditure. 
3) The proposals of Committee A. 
4) The proposals of Committee B. 
5) The resolutions of the Bureau. 2 
6) Communication of the Bureau with regard to the reports which will be published. 
7) Other proposals submitted to the meeting. 
The proposal was agreed to. 
The sitting terminated at 2.15 p. m. 
