ADMINISTRATION-REPORT 1902-03 — VIII — 



B, Experts In addition, the following experts were invited by their governments to 



be present: 



Denmark: Dr. G. G. Joh. Petersen, Director of the Danish Biological Station, 

 Copenhagen. 

 Dr. G. H. Ostenfeld, "Mus8eumsinspekt0r", Copenhagen. 

 England : Dr. Hugh Robert Mill, Director of the "British Rainfall Organization", 



London. 

 Mr. Walter Garstang, Naturalist in Gharge of the Fishery Invest- 

 igations of the "Marine Biological Association", Plymouth. 

 Sweden : Dr. P. T. Gleve, Professor at the University, Upsala. 



Changes in Gertaln changes which occurred later in the constitution of the International 



the International Council, may be mentioned here: 



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England: Sir Edward Goschen, British Ambassador at Copenhagen took the 



place of Sir Golin Scott Moncrieff, now in British India, at the 

 second meeting (February 1903). 



Finland : Mr. J. Alb. Sandman took the place of Dr. Oscar Nordquist. 



The Netherlands : Dr. Max Weber , Professor at the University, Amsterdam , and 

 Dr. G. H. Wind, Director of the Meteorological Institute, Bilt (near 

 Utrecht), became members. 



Russia : Dr. Oscar von Grimm , Privy-Gouncillor , tit. Professor, St. Petersburg, 



who was prevented by illness from being present in July 1902, 

 represents Russia along with Dr. Knipowitsch. 

 Mr. L. L. Breitfuss was appointed as expert. 



Founding of On the 22°'^ of July 1902, His Excellency President Deuntzer opened the first 



the International nieeting of the delegates, and declared that nothing now stood! in the way of 



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establishing the International Gouncil. 



The representatives of the separate states replied that their governments, as 

 already shown by letter, were agreed that a beginning should be made with the 

 international work and that the International Gouncil should be constituted forth- 

 with. The acting-president, Gaptain G. F. Drechsel, Port-Gommander, Gopenhagen, 

 having accepted these announcements, then declared the International Gouncil to 

 be duly constituted with its seat in Copenhagen. 



