COUNCIL — FEBRUARY 1904 90 
interfere with the carrying out in full of the Bureaus work as desired by 
the Council. 
Under Head 3, the proposals of Committee A (p. 10) and under Head 4, 
those of Committee B (p. 12) were adopted unanimously. 
Under Head 5 of the Agenda of the day, the President gave a short historical 
résumé, pointing out the desirability of the resolutions proposed by the Bureau 
(p. 14) being adopted unanimously. The resolutions then were carried without 
further discussion. 5 
Under Head 6, the Vice-President Professor Prrrersson communicated to the 
meeting that a substantial report on the work performed in the two first years 
of the existence of the International Organisation would be published towards 
the end of 1904. It was not only a debt of honour to do this — to insure the 
continuation of the International work, begun under so highly favorable circum- 
stances, the Council was really in duty bound to give all possible assistance to 
the execution of the plan. The Bureau had already taken some preliminary steps 
to its fulfilment but the material for the report was to be forwarded, to a 
large extent, by the members of the Council and by the Conveners of the different 
Committees. Therefore the Vice-President urged upon these gentlemen to send to 
the Bureau not later than September of this year, in printed form or in Mss., reports 
and papers on the work done in the various countries in accordance with the 
international scheme. 
Coming to the last Head of the Agenda for the day, Prof. Branpr said that 
he thought it highly desirable, that in future during the days of the meetings of 
the Council, those gentlemen who were especially interested in questions of general 
biology might meet in an informal way as a special Section. He emphasized that 
he did not wish a permanent Committee for general biology, his idea being only to 
use the opportunity when several colleagues met at the same time and in the 
same town, to discuss biological questions bearing upon the general program of 
the international work. 
The proposal being seconded by several members the President expressed 
his sympathy and said that the Bureau would be most willing to take the neces- 
sary steps for organising a section of general biology at future meetings of the 
council. 
