ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XV. 



Executive Committee urge that efforts should be made in all coun- 

 tries to supply fuller information as to the contents of papers ; if 

 this were done the catalogue would be much more complete and 

 the cost would be much decreased, and all Journals are urged to 

 index each paper and attach the registration numbers at the time 

 of publication. 



At the meeting of the International Council held at the Royal 

 Society's House, London, May 23rd and 24th, 1904, it was resolved 

 in consequence of the success achieved by the International Cata 

 logue of Scientific Literature, and of its great importance to 

 scientific workers, to recommend that its publication be continued 

 The agreement with the contracting countries was made in the 

 first instance for five years only, in case the publication of the 

 catalogue should fail financially or in other ways. It was also 

 decided to spend .£100 in making the catalogue known, and to 

 take steps to invite the cooperation of other countries not yet 

 represented on the council, e.g. Spain, the Balkan States, South 

 American Republics, etc. 



The proposal to publish additional volumes upon, a. Medicine 

 and Surgery ; b. Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry ; c. 

 Technology (various branches) was discussed, and it was decided 

 that the executive committee should take the suggestion into fuller 

 consideration and bring it under the notice of the International 

 Convention in July 1 905. It was also resolved that all alterations 

 in the schedules should be collected and edited by the Central 

 Bureau prior to submission to the Regional Bureaus for their 

 opinions, and that the schemes should be edited by a special com- 

 mittee before being submitted to the International Convention. 



(Signed) A. Liversidge. 



A circular letter from Heidelberg was read respecting 

 the erection of a monument in that city in memory of 

 Robert Bunsen, and as an expression of the debt of grati- 

 tude which the world owes him for his great contributions 

 to science and technology. Professor Bunsen was an 

 Honorary Member of the Royal Society of New South 



