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Knudsen's ^j^jg fjj-g^ meeting of the International Council in Copenhagen in 1902. The costs 

 of the preparation of the "Hydrographische Tabellen" i, amounted to 18,40x3 

 Kroner. About one half was defrayed by contributions from scientific societies and 

 academies in England, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Russia, and the remaining 

 half by a contribution from the Copenhagen Carlsberg Fund and the International 

 Council for the study of the sea. 



Reports on A rcvicw ovcr the general aims and administration of the international investiga- 



" """''"•'""°"' tions, is contained in the two administrative Reports, for 1902 — 1903 and 1903— 1904 % 



submitted to the governments of the participating countries, and in the Proceedings 



of the International Council ^ and of the three Committees A, B and C '*, published 



in the course of these years. 



In the present Report, the Bureau wishes to supplement the earlier Reports 

 by the following 



Report on the Rcvicw ovcT the Organisation of the scientific and practical 



organisation of irj_l-i ■• i* ,•<■ *, .t-i i 



tiie international 'W '^ ^ o^ ^hc 1 u t c r u a 1 1 o u a 1 1 n V c S 1 1 g a 1 1 o H S , its methods, means and 

 work results, in so far as these have assumed a definite character at the 

 present time. 



Bureau Thc dircctiou of the work is entrusted to the International Council for 



the study of the sea, whose executive organ is the Bureau. The Bureau has its 

 seat at Copenhagen and consists of three ordinary members, the president, vice- 

 president and the general-secretary, and of four extraordinary members, the hono- 

 rary treasurer residing in Copenhagen, the director of the Central Laboratory, and 

 of two other members chosen by the International Council. When the Bureau has 

 to consider general questions regarding finance and administration, or wishes to 

 make proposals to the participating countries or to the International Council, the 

 outer executive is consulted and this consists of the ordinary and extraordinary 

 members together.. The scientific assistants of the Bureau are: 



First assistant (physicist), Docent Martin Knudsen. 



Second assistant (biologist). Dr. H. M. Kyle. 



Technical assistants, as draughtsmen etc., are called in by the Bureau, according 

 to requirements. 

 Publications In addition to the Reports of Administration and of Proceedings, the Bureau 



has also the duty of editing and publishing the following series of scientific reports. 



I Hydrographische Tabellen, nach Messungen von Karl Forch, J. P. Jacobsen, Martin Knudsen 

 und S. P. h- S0RENSEN, herausgegeben von Martin Kxudsen. 



- Rapport administratif sur 1902 — 03. Copenhague. Septembre 1903. 52 p. Rapport et Procès- 

 Verbaux, Vol. I, 1903. — Id. sur 1903 — 04. Copenhague, Octobre 1904. 39 S. Rapports et Procès- Verbaux, 

 Vol. II. 1904. 



3 Procès- Verbal de la réunion du Conseil à Copenhague, Juillet, 1902. — Id. à Copenhague, Février 

 1903. — Id à Hambourg, Février, 1903. Rapports et Procès- Verbaux, Vol. I et II. 1903 et 1904. 



4 Procès- Verbaux des réunions des commissions spéciales. Edinbourg. Septembre 1902; Copenhague, 

 Février 1903; Stralsund, Juillet 1903; Amsterdam, Décembre 1903; Hambourg, Février 1904. Rapports 

 et Procès-Verbaux. Vol. I et II. 1903 et 1904. 



