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4. The objects of the Association are : 



(o) To promote and make preliminary prepa- 

 rations for work requiring international cooper- 

 ation for its prosecution. 



(6) To facilitate intercourse, both professional 

 and social, between scientific men of all coun- 

 tries. 



5. The governing body of the Association 

 shall be an International Council composed of 

 one representative from each constituent Acad- 

 emy. 



6. The Council shall hold its first meeting at 

 such time and place as may be determined at 

 the meeting of the Association in 1900, and 

 shall make rules for its own organization and 

 guidance, including the transaction of business 

 by correspondence. 



7. For the purpose of considering and fram- 

 ing recommendations concerning scientific en- 

 quiries calling for international cooperation 

 special International Committees shall, upon 

 recommendation of one or more constituent 

 Academies, be instituted either at a general 

 meeting of the Association, or when necessary 

 during the intervals between such meetings, by 

 the International Council. 



8. Such International Committee shall con- 

 sist of delegates appointed by the constituent 

 Academies with special reference to their quali- 

 fication to deal with the questions under consid- 

 eration. 



9. The first meeting of such a Committee 

 shall be called by the President of the Interna- 

 tional Association or by the President of the 

 Council, and at this meeting each committee 

 shall adopt rules for its own guidance. 



10. Each International Committee shall make 

 a report embodying such recommendations as 

 it may think advisable, to the President of the 

 International Council who shall transmit the 

 same to the constituent Academies. 



11. The President of the Council shall, how- 

 ever, have power, if he see fit, before transmit- 

 ting such reports to the constituent Academies, 

 to submit the same to the Council, and this body 

 shall have power to refer back the report to the 

 committee for further consideration. 



12. For the transaction of business, the Pres- 

 ident of the Council shall be authorized to em- 

 ploy a secretary whose compensation, as well 



as other necessary office expenses, shall be pro- 

 vided for by contributions from the constituent 

 Academies. 



DELEGATES TO THE WIESBADEN CONFEEENCE, OC- 

 TOBER 9 AND 10, 1899. 



1. Koniglioh preussisohe Akademie der Wisaen- 

 Bchaften, Berlin : Auwers Virchow, Diels. 



2. Konlgliche Gesellschaft der Wissenachaften, 

 Gottingen : Ehlers, Leo. 



3. Koniglich Sachsische Gesellschaft der "Wiaaen- 

 Bchaften, Leipzig : Windiach, Wialicenus. 



4. Royal Society, London : Sir M. Foster, Riicker, 

 Armstrong, Schuster. 



5. Koniglich Bayerische Akademie der Wissen- 

 achaften, Miinchen : von Zittel, Bechmann, Dyok, 

 von Sicherer. 



6. Acad^mie des Sciences, Paris : Darboux, Moiaaan. 



7. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wiasenacliaften, St. 

 Petersburg : Famintzine, Salemann. 



8. National Academy of Sciences, Washington : 

 Newcomb, Billings, Eemsen, Bowditch, Bell. 



9. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wiasenaohaften, 

 Wien : von Haxtel, Mussafia, von Lang, Lieben. 

 Ersatzdelegirte : Gomperez, Toldt. 



BLUE FOX TBAPPINO ON THE PBIBILOF 

 ISLANDS. 



The value of the Blue Fox, Vulpes lagopui, 

 as a fur-bearing animal, has caused the 

 establishment of various ' fox farms ' or 

 'ranches,' not only on the islands of the 

 northwest coast, and especially in the Aleu- 

 tian chain, but even on some of the islands 

 off the coast of Maine ; and it is naturally 

 desirable to ascertain how these may be 

 made to yield the best results. The prob- 

 lem of the ' fox farmer ' is to obtain the 

 greatest number of skins in a given season 

 without so reducing the breeding animals 

 as to lessen the catch for the succeeding 

 year. Natural losses, due to starvation, 

 may be prevented by feeding, but as foxes 

 are naturally monogamous, it is evidently 

 necessary to render them polygamous in 

 order to render fox-raising a decided suc- 

 cess, and this is the great desire of the 

 trappers. 



On the Pribilof Islands, in Bering Sea, 

 the Blue Fox has been trapped continuously 



