In adopting the Draft Report as drawn up by the President of the Commission the meeting recorded its indebtedness to Dr Spencer Jones for his labour in framing it.

It was resolved to request the executive committee to make a grant of 2500 Swiss francs annually to the Solar Parallax Commission until the next meeting of the Union.

Prof. Kopff regretted that the results of the meridian observations made at Besançon and Rome could not be used in the formation of the Catalogue of Primary Reference Stars as these were received too late for inclusion.