. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. . buile™ of zoological no^mclature Volume 20, Part 2 (pp. 81-lGO) Uth April, 1963 Acting Secretary's Note The tremendous amount of work involved in organizing and dealing with the nomenclatural results of the Paris, Copenhagen and London Congresses, and in the bringing into existence of the new International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, resulted in a slomng down of routine work of the Secretariat during the post-war j^ears. In consequence, a large back-log of unpublished cases has accumulated. By 31 October 1961, of the 1,503 Apphcations made to the C
. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. . buile™ of zoological no^mclature Volume 20, Part 2 (pp. 81-lGO) Uth April, 1963 Acting Secretary's Note The tremendous amount of work involved in organizing and dealing with the nomenclatural results of the Paris, Copenhagen and London Congresses, and in the bringing into existence of the new International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, resulted in a slomng down of routine work of the Secretariat during the post-war j^ears. In consequence, a large back-log of unpublished cases has accumulated. By 31 October 1961, of the 1,503 Apphcations made to the Commission since its foundation in 1895 no less than 1,124 had been dealt with in one way or another leavmg 379 refractory-cases which could not be completed for various reasons. This was in spite of the fact that 126 cases were pubhshed during the two j^ears October 1959 to October, 1961. At jBrst sight this rather large back-log appeared to be an alarming feature of the Secretary's Office and some attempt was made to reduce it. A closer inspection revealed the fact that many of these cases were virtually dead and that the files should be closed. They had been so long in being dealt with that both the taxonomic and nomenclatiu'al positions concerned had changed completely. Often the nomenclature involved had been stabUized by a current usage based on a major catalogue or by an important and generally accepted work which had been pubUshed during the long interval since the original applications were received. Attempts to summarize and pubUsh such old cases in the Bulletin have not been entirely successful and have sometimes resulted in an entirel}^ out-of-date presentation. Many cases cannot be dealt with by the Commission for lack of details such as references to type-species designations, oldest family-group names, etc. It is obviously not possible for the small staff of the Secretariat, even though it is housed in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) and surrounded by speciaUsts
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