Sir Frank Dyson submitted the following resolution, which was seconded by Prof. Van Biesbroeck, and carried:

“The Commission recommends that the yearly subsidy of £66, granted since 1928 by the Union to the Central Bureau of Telegrams, be continued.”

The President described some proposals of modifications to the European code which he thought desirable. By using time instead of arc for Right Ascension, and Declination instead of Polar Distance, anybody receiving a telegram would be able to read it directly, without any computations, whereas its security would remain sufficient. This code is, in the main, similar to one which Prof. Förster had suggested many years ago.