104. TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
those that are cooked must be sufficiently cooked, raised to 
boiling point, and kept there at least ten minutes.” 
INTERNATIONAL HXPLORATION OF THE SEA, AND THE 
STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE. 
In our last Report the further exploration of the North 
Atlantic and the Arctic Seas, in the interests both of 
fisheries work and of scientific investigation, was discussed 
at some length, and suggestions were made as to the lines 
along which series of observations were highly desirable. 
This matter has been before the minds of scientific men 
both in this country and abroad for some years now, and 
many biologists would, no doubt, gladly do the work if 
the necessary observing vessels were provided by the 
Kuropean governments concerned in the coast fisheries. 
When it was announced, early in 1899, that our govern- 
ment had accepted the invitation from the Swedish 
government to take part in an International Conference 
on the whole subject, to be held at Stockholm during the 
summer, hope ran high that at last the opportunity had 
come when strong representations would be made to 
the governments of north-western Hurope, such as 
would lead to the provision of the required boats and men 
for a number of years sufficient to carry out the biological 
investigation of the seas around the British Isles. 
The Conference was held at Stockholm in the latter part 
of June, and a great deal of the credit of having brought 
the matter to that point must be given to the Secretary 
of the Swedish Committee, Dr. Otto Pettersson, the dis- 
tinguished Hydrographic expert. The Hydrographic 
element was probably very strong amongst the delegates 
present, and certainly seems to be the dominant note in 
the published account of the deliberations. Probably | 
