ADMINISTRATION-REPORT 1902-03 



X 



Constitution of 



the Bureau 



A. Ordinary 

 Members 



B. Extraordinary 

 Members 



The first work of the Council was to constitute the Bureau. The following 

 appointments were then made: 



Dr. W. Herwig, Hannover, to be President. 



Prof. 0. Pettersson, Stockholm, to be Vice-President. 



Dr. P. P. G. HoEK, Helder, to be General-Secretary. 



At the first meeting of the Council, Captain G. F. Drechsel Avas made an 

 extraordinary member with the title of Honorary Treasurer to the Bureau. At the 

 second meeting in Copenhagen, February 1903, it was agreed in arranging the 

 business organization of the International Council, that the bureau should be ex- 

 tended, the three ordinary members to constitute an inner executive, and these 

 along with four extraordinary members to form a general executive. 

 The extraordinary members are: 



Captain C. J. Drechsel, Copenhagen, Honorary Treasurer, 



Professor Fridtjof Nansen, Director of the Central Laboratory, Christiania, 



Privy-Councillor, Dr. Oscar von Grimm, St. Petersburg, 



Professor D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Dundee. 



Business Organ- 

 ization of tile 

 International 

 Council 



The second point, the business organization of the International Council, was 

 likewise discussed at the first meeting, and it was agreed that the working out 

 of the organization should be taken over by the Bureau. In consequence of this, 

 a scheme was drawn up by the latter and sent to the members of the Council 

 in January 1903. During the February meeting some changes to this scheme, 

 especially with regard to the number of the members of the Bureau, were proposed 

 on the part of the Bureau, and the business organization as set forth in the eleven 

 articles constituting Appendix A of the Proceedings of the February 1903 meeting, 

 was agreed upon. 



Finance 



Assistance of 

 the Danish 

 Government 



The third point was concerned Avith the funds necessary for the carrying on 

 of the business of the International Council, and the request was transmitted to 

 the Danish Government, 



(1) to undertake the negotiations for a final agreement on the part of the 

 participating states with regard to their contributions; 



{!) to be Avilling that the contributions of the separate states be sent to the 

 Danish Government and from there assigned to the bankers of the Inter- 

 national Council. 



