Abstract:
GG 1132 24/262 1 folder, 4 pages. Pages are out of order Ministers' Minute in which they convey their approval of the issuance of a Proclamation to govern whaling operations during the 1947-1948 season and inform the Governor-General that the International Bureau for Whaling Statistics has determined the 31st of March 1948 as the date upon which the quota of blue whale units for the current whaling season to have been attained, 22.3.1948. Proclamation prohibiting the taking of baleen whales in the Antarctic after 31.3.48, issued by Gideon Brand van Zyl (Governor-General of South Africa), 22.3.48. Copy in Afrikaans.;Minute of the executive council recommending that South Africa be represented at a diplomatic conference of the Consultative Parties to the Antarctic Treaty in Canberra, Australia, 7-21 May 1980, at which the text of convention for the conservation of the marine living resources of the Antarctic will be considered and adopted. Provides a list of potential candidates for approval, 30.4.1980.