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SCIENCE. 



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shall be made to restricttlienumber of these 

 subject- entries. 



Such subject- entries shall be given only 

 in the original language of the communica- 

 tion if this be one of the five previously re- 

 ferred to, but in other cases in English or 

 in such other language as has been used in 

 translating the title. 



[The Belgian delegates stated that they 

 abstained from voting on the part of this 

 resolution relating to subject-entries.] 



SECOND MEETING, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 



19. Professor Korteweg having expressed 

 the desire to be relieved of his office, it was 

 resolved that Professor Weiss be appointed 

 Secretary for the German language. 



The following resolutions were adopted • 



20. That the registration symbols used in 

 the Catalogue be based on a convenient 

 combined system of letters, numbers or 

 other symbols, adapted in the case of each 

 branch of science to its individual needs, 

 and in accordance, as far as possible, with 

 a general system of registration. 



21. That the authoritative decision as to 

 the Schedules be entrusted to an Interna- 

 tional Committee, to be hereafter nominated 

 by this Conference. 



22. That the Conference is of opinion 

 that the delegates should be requested to 

 take steps in their respective countries to 

 organize local committees charged with the 

 study of all questions relating to the Inter- 

 national Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 

 and to report within six months to the In- 

 ternational Committee. 



23. That the International Committee 

 (Resolution 22) be instructed to frame a 

 report, not later than July 31, 1899, which 

 shall be issued by the Royal Society and 

 incorporated in the decisions of the Confer- 

 ence. 



24. That in all countries in which or 

 wherever a Regional Bureau is established, 

 as contemplated in the 16th resolution of 



the International Conference of 1896, the 

 Regional Bureau shall be responsible for 

 the preparation (in accordance with Reg. 7 

 of the Royal Society's Report) of the slips 

 requisite for indexing all the scientific lit- 

 erature of the region, whatever be the lan- 

 guage in which that literature may appear. 

 That each Regional Bureau shall trans- 

 mit such slips to the Central Bureau as rap- 

 idly and as frequently as may be found 

 convenient. 



That in the case of countries in which no 

 Regional Bureau is established, the Central 

 Bureau, failing other arrangements, shall, 

 upon special mandate, endeavor to under- 

 take the work of a Regional Bureau. 



[The Belgian delegates stated that they 

 abstained from voting on this resolution.] 

 25. That the following recommendations 

 of the Royal Society relating to the prepa- 

 ration of the Book Catalogue be referred to 

 the International Committee for their fav- 

 orable consideration, viz : 



At determined regular intervals, not 

 necessarily the same for all sciences, the 

 Central Bureau shall compile from the slips 

 and issue in a book form both an authors' 

 and a subject-index of the literature pub- 

 lished within that period. 



This Book Catalogue shall be obtainable 

 in parts corresponding to the several sci- 

 ences for which slips are provided, and in 

 such divisions of parts as may be hereafter 

 determined. 



In compiling the authors' index, in each 

 of the sciences, the authors' names shall be 

 arranged in alphabetical order, and each 

 name shall be followed by the title of the 

 paper and the necessarj' reference, and any 

 other such symbols as may be determined. 

 The Book Subject Catalogue shall be 

 compiled from the slips, as follows : 



(i.) The subject- en tries shall be grouped 

 in sections corresponding to the registration 

 letters on the slips, i. e., to the several sci- 

 ences. 



