The Central Bureau suffered a sad loss through the death, on 27 July 1960, of its director Miss Julie Vinter Hansen who since 1947 had conducted its work very efficiently and with never failing interest. In order to maintain the activities of the Bureau until a permanent arrangement could be made, the supervision was temporarily entrusted to the writer who for several years has participated in its work. In this capacity I have prepared the following report, covering the period from 20 October 1957 to 31 December i960.

The work of the Bureau since 1957 has proceeded along the usual lines. The number of subscribers to telegrams and circulars, and to circulars only, has continued to rise, namely from 68 to 73 and from 117 to 158 respectively. Pleasing as is this rise, it calls, however, for a correspondingly greater amount of clerical work at the Bureau, and it would not have been possible to keep the subscription fees fairly low if we were not the recipients of subsidies from the International Astronomical Union and the Danish Rask-Orsted Foundation.