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communs et que j'ai été invité à prendre part aux délibérations du dit Conseil 

 comme représentant des Pays-Bas. 



Dr. 0. Nordquisï: In Finland vve have no objection to the constitution 

 of the Central Council. The Government has allowed the money for the Bureau 

 and the Laboratory and has agreed upon the proposals of the Conference in 

 Christiania.. We are ready to begin the work. 



Professor Fridtjof Nansen: Norway has also given the necessary allowance 

 for the Bureau and for the Laboratory in Christiania, and I may add, that the 

 Government has chosen Dr. Johan Hjort and me to become members of the Coun- 

 cil. From our side there is no objection to constituting the Council, provided that 

 the nations agree, that the work is going to be carried on. 



Professor 0. Pettersson : Von der schwedischen Regierung sind Dr. ïrybora 

 und ich autorisiert, an der Konstituierung des Ausschusses sowie an den künftigen 

 Beratungen desselben teilzunehmen. 



Captain Drechsel: As you have heard from the Danish Prime Minister the 

 Danish Delegates are also instructed to take part in the deliberations of the Inter- 

 national Council, if it is constituted now. So after having heard the declarations 

 from the delegates of the various countries, I beg leave, on behalf of the Danish 

 Government, to declare the International Council to be duly constituted with its 

 seat in Copenhagen. 



