Upon the whole, the Provisional Central Council recommend 
the plan of Organisation as traced in the Provisional Statutes. Its 
soundness and _ facilities of adaptation to different countries 
without prejudice to unity of action have been proved by two 
years’ experience. For the next year we recommend London as the 
seat of the Central Council, the Continental situation looking 
unfavourable for change. 

The members of the Central Council will of course be elected by 
Congress (5 of the Provisional Statutes) with power to add to their 
number. . 

The General Secretary to be chosen by Congress for one year and 
to be the only paid officer of the Association. We propose £2 for 
his weekly salary.* 

The uniform annual contribution of each individual member of the 
Association to be one half penny (perhaps one penny). The cost price 
of cards of membership (carnets) to be charged extra. 

While calling upon the members of the Association to form 
benefit societies and connect them by an international link, we 
leave the initiation of this question (établissement des sociétés de 
secours mutuels. Appui moral et matériel accordé aux orphelins 
de l'association”) to the Swiss who originally proposed it at the 
conference of September last. 

* In the French text the following paragraph has been added: “The Standing 
Committee, which is in fact an executive of the Central Council, to be chosen by 
Congress, the function of any of its member to be defined by the Central Council.” 
The same paragraph is given in the German text.— Ed. 

b foundation of benefit societies; moral and material assistance to the 
Association’s orphans.— Ed.