COUNCIL — FEBRUARY 1904 IS 
Second Sitting: Friday February 26th at 10 a. m. 
President Dr. W. Hrrwıe in the chair. 
Present, all the Members and Experts; 
as suests, the Members of the Committees. 
The chair was taken at 10 a.m. by the President, who stated that all the 
resolutions and proposals brought forward in the first sittmg were now in the 
hands of the members in printed form. 
Under Head 1 of the Agenda for the day, Mr. Arcner proposed the following 
resolutions : 
The Council having considered the proposals put forward by the Danish 
Delegate for the extension of the telegraphic line to Iceland and Faroës resolves, — 
I. to communicate to the various Governments participating in the inter- 
national investigations in the North Sea and North Atlantic the measures taken by 
the Danish Government to include the islands of Iceland and Faroe in the Euro- 
pean telegraphic system; and 
Il. to express the opinion that it would be of great importance for the 
fisheries of the several countries taking part in these investigations and for meteo- 
rological purposes that the measures proposed should be carried out. 
These resolutions were seconded by Captain Drecasez; they were carried 
unanimously after several members had made the reservation that the “measures 
proposed” meant the extension of the telegraphic system, not the plan for the 
division of the expenses as proposed in Captain DrecaseL's letter. It was generally 
understood however, that the members of the Council would consider themselves 
morally bound to do their best possible to urge upon their governments the execution 
of the plan. : 
Under Head 2 of the Agenda, the proposals of the hydrographers (p. 8) 
were adopted without discussion. It was decided moreover that Head VII Nr. 25 
of the Expenditure should stand unaltered, the Bureau having stated that the item 
was meant as a credit and that the spending of money on this item need not 
