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SCIENCE. 



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phy, zoology, anatomy, physiology, general 

 and experimental pathology, experimental 

 psychology and anthropology, to the exclu- 

 sion of what are sometimes called the ap- 

 plied sciences. 



Technical matters of scientific interest 

 shall, however, be included in the Catalogue, 

 but shall be referred to under the appropri- 

 ate scientific headings. (Rep. Comm., 

 p. 5.) 



II. — THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE 

 CATALOGUE. 



The control and management of the Cat- 

 alogue has been provided for by the Con- 

 ferences of 1896 and 1898 as follows :— 



Definitions of the International Council, Inter- 

 national Bureau, Regional Bureaus, and 



International Convention. 

 [The supreme control over the Catalogue 

 is vested in an International Convention, 

 which shall meet at regular intervals. 



In the interval between two successive 

 meetings in the Convention, the adminis- 

 tration of the Catalogue is vested in an 

 International Council, the editing and pub- 

 lication being carried on by a Central In- 

 ternational Bureau. 



The materials out of which the Catalogue 

 is formed are to be furnished to the Central 

 Bureau by Regional Bureaus.'\ 



6. That the administration of the Cata- 

 logue be entrusted to a representative body, 

 hereinafter called the International Coun- 

 cil, the members of which shall be !chosen 

 as hereinafter provided. 



7. That the final editing and the publi- 

 cation of the Catalogue be entrusted to an 

 organization, hereinafter called the Central 

 International Bui-eau, under the direction 

 of the International Council. 



8. That any country which shall declare 

 its willingness to undertake the task shall 

 be entrusted with the duty of collecting, 

 provisionally classifying, and the transmit- 

 ting to the Central Bureau, in accordance 



with rules laid down by the International 

 Council, all the entries belonging to the 

 scientific literature of that country. 



[The organizations created for the above 

 purpose are called hereafter Regional Bu- 

 reaus. Each region in which a Regional 

 Bureau is established, charged with the 

 duty of preparing and transmitting slips to 

 the Central Bureau for the compilation of 

 the catalogue, is called a ' constituent re- 

 gion.' ('98.26.)] 



9. In 1905, in 1910, and every tenth year 

 afterwards, an International Convention 

 shall be held in London (in July) toreconr 

 sider and, if necessary, revise the regula- 

 tions for carrying out the work of the cata- 

 logue authorized by the International Con- 

 vention of 1898. 



Such an International Convention shall 

 consist of delegates appointed by the re- 

 spective governments to represent the con- 

 stituent regions, but no region shall be 

 represented by more than three delegates.- 



The decisions of an International Con- 

 vention shall remain in force until the next 

 convention meets. ('98.26.) 



Of the International Conventions. 



10. The rules of procedure of each Inter- 

 national Convention shall be as follows : 



(a) That English, French, German, and 

 Italian be the official languages of the con- 

 vention, but that it shall be open for any 

 delegate to address the convention in any 

 other language, provided that he supplies 

 for the proces verbal of the convention a 

 written translation of his remarks into one 

 or other of the official languages. 



(i) That there shall be Secretaries for 

 the English, French, German, and Italian 

 languages. ('98.3.) 



(c) That the Secretaries, with the help 

 of shorthand reporters, be responsible for 

 the proces verbal of the proceedings of the 

 conference in their respective languages. 

 ('98.4.) 



