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On the motion of Dr. Blanford, it was re- 

 solved : That the report submitted by the exec- 

 utive committee be received and adopted for 

 presentation to the Eegional Bureaus. 



The council authorized the distribution of 

 the balance sheet to the several regional 

 bureaus for publication in some recognized 

 periodical in each of the constituent regions, 

 in accordance with the regulation laid down 

 at the Third International Conference. 



On the motion of the chairman, it was re- 

 solved: That, in view of the success already- 

 achieved by the International Catalogue of 

 Scientific Literature, and of its great impor- 

 tance to scientific workers, it is imperative 

 to continue the publication of the catalogue 

 beyond the first five annual issues. That this 

 Kesolution be communicated to the Regional 

 Bureaus, requesting them to bring it under 

 the notice of the contracting bodies and to 

 obtain the necessary guarantees for the con- 

 tinuance of the work. 



It was resolved: That the executive com- 

 mittee be authorized, in consultation with the 

 Eegional Bureaus, to spend a sum not exceed- 

 ing £100 in making the catalogue known. 



On the motion of the chairman it was re- 

 solved: That a representative of Kiissia be 

 added to the executive committee, and that 

 steps be taken to invite countries not yet rep- 

 resented on the Catalogue (Spain, Balkan 

 States and South American Republics, etc.) 

 to establish Eegional Bureaus. 



It was resolved: That the council accede to 

 an application of the University of Ottawa, 

 Canada, for the replacement of volumes of the 

 catalogue lost in a conflagration which de- 

 stroyed the whole of the university buildings 

 including the library. 



A motion by Professor Korteweg to place 

 copies of the catalogue at a reduced price at 

 the disposal of the regional bureaus for the use 

 of the experts was discussed and withdrawn, 

 the feeling being that, although desirable, the 

 financial position of the catalogue did not yet 

 admit of such a step being taken. 



The proposal to extend the scope of the 

 catalogue by the publication of additional 

 series of vokimes dealing with such subjects 

 as (a) Medicine and Surgery, (h) Agriculture, 

 Horticulture and Forestry, (c) Technology 



(various branches), was discussed, and the 

 opinion expressed that it was desirable that 

 the executive committee should take the mat- 

 ter into further consideration, in order that 

 it may be brought under the notice of the 

 International Convention in July, 1905. 



It was resolved : That all alterations pro- 

 posed in the schedules shall be collected and 

 edited by the central bureau; that the 

 amended schedules, together with the proposals 

 of the bureaus, shall be submitted to the 

 regional bureaus for their opinion; and that 

 the final editing of the schemes to be submitted 

 for the approval of the International Conven- 

 tion be entrusted to a committee of five per- 

 sons, to be nominated by the executive com- 

 mittee. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



The University of Michigan has conferred 

 its doctorate of laws on Dr. F. H. Gerrish, 

 professor of anatomy in Bowdoin Medical 

 College. 



The degree of doctor of science has been 

 conferred by Lafayette College on Francis P. 

 Venable, president of the University of North 

 Carolina and formerly professor of chemistry. 



The Western University of Pennsylvania, 

 at its commencement held on June 16, con- 

 ferred the degree of Sc.D. on Mr. Frank Hurl- 

 but Chittenden, assistant entomologist of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



The University of Dublin has conferred the 

 doctorate of science as follows : J. Dewar, 

 Jacksonian professor of experimental philos- 

 ophy, Cambridge, and Fullerian professor of 

 chemistry at the Eoyal Institution; Professor 

 J. H. van't Hoff, Berlin; Professor F. Klein, 

 Gottingen; Major E. Eoss, C.B., F.E.G.S., 

 professor of tropical medicine, Liverpool; J. J. 

 H. Teall, F.E.S., director of the Geological 

 Survey of the United Kingdom; W. H. 

 Thompson, King's professor of the institutes 

 of medicine. 



Dr. J. T. EoTHEOCK has, owing to ill health, 

 resigned the position of forestry commissioner 

 of the state of Pennsylvania. Mr. E. S. 

 Conklin, present deputy commissioner, has 

 been appointed his successor. 



