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ingen Omstændigheder længere end til 7de September." 



. Ved kongelig Resolution ai' 5te Februar 1876 blev 

 det overdraget følgende Videnskabsmfend at deltage i Ex- 

 peditionen: Professor i Meteorologien H. Molrn, Professor 

 i Zoologi G. 0. Sårs, Overlæge ved Lungegaardshospitalet 

 i Bergen Dr. med. D. C. Danielssen, Kjøbmand i Ber- 

 gen Herman Friele og Stud. real. S. M. ■ Svendsen. Som 

 Chef for Expeditionens Skib autoges ved samme Resolution 

 Captein C. Wille, der tillige skulde overtage Udførelsen af 

 de videnskabelige Iagttagelser. som vare forudsatte fremmede 

 ved Expeditionen og som ikke specielt maatte gaa ind under 

 nogen af de øvrige ved Expeditionen ansatte Videnskabs- 

 mænds Omraade. Som Tegner blev senere antaget Land- 

 skabsmaler F. Schie di. 



Efter Opmaalingsdirectionens Foranstaltning besørgede 

 Gapt. Wille Anskaffelsen af de til Expeditionen fornødne 

 Instrumenter og Apparater samt Skibets Indredning og 

 Udrustning. 



For Expeditionens videnskabelige Medlemmer blev 

 givét af Opmaalingsdirectionen følgende . af Departementet 

 for det Indre approberede Instrux, der var gjældende for 

 hvert af de tre Aar 1876. 1877 og' 1878. ' 



• §--l.- - 

 Den for Expeditionen approberede Plan søges udført. 



saavidt Vejrforhold eller andre uforudseede ( >mstændighe- 

 der ikke er itejen derfor. Afgjørelsen af hvorvidt Vejr- 

 forhold eller Skibets Tilstand maatte træde hindrende ivejen, 

 tilligger Fartøjets Chef. 



§ ?■ 



Planens Udførelse i det enkelte sker efter Samraad 

 og Afstemning af Expeditionens videnskabelige Medlemmer. 

 til hvilke ogsaa Fartøjets Chef hører. 



Afgjørelsen sker efter simpel Pluralitet. 



De videnskabelige Medlemmer vælge sig iinellem en 

 Formand, hvis Stemme i Tilfælde af Stemmelighed gjør 

 'Udslaget. 



§ 3. 



Skulde den under Rejsen gjorte Erfaring gjøre det 

 sandsynligt, at Afvigelser fra den lagte Plan i højere Grad 

 vikle ramme Expeditionens Formaal, kunne saadanne fore- 

 tages, naar' samtlige videnskabelige Medlemmer derom ere 

 enige. 



§ 4. 

 ( helen for Expeditionsskibet har at sørge for, at 

 dette er hensigtsmæssigt udrustet og forsynet med de for 

 Expeditionens Øjemed nødvendige Apparater, samt at de 

 Rejser og Manøvrer blive udførte, der udfordres til Op- 

 naaelse af Expeditionens Formaal. 



Naar Havn anløbés meddeler Skihschefen Bestyrelsen 

 fornødan Underretning om Expeditionens Fremgang, lige- 

 som han ogsaa aflægger samlet Rapport efter endt Togt. 

 Etter Expeditionens Afslutning indsendes fra dens viden- 



day on which the intelligence was reeeived. but not longer 

 than the 7th of September." 



By an Order in Council, hearing date February the 5th, 

 1876. the following gentlemen were appointed members of 

 the Scientific Staff: - - H, Mdkn, Professor of Meteorology ; 

 G. 0. Sårs, Professor of Zoology; I). C. Danielssen, M. D.. 

 physician to LungegaaixVs Hospital in Bergen: Herman Friele 

 Esq.. merchant in the city of Bergen; and S. N. Svendsen, 

 undergraduate of the University of Christiania. By the 

 same Order, Capt. C. Wille, R. N., was appointed to com- 

 mand the vessel chartered for the Expedition, and to insti- 

 tute such scientific obseryations as there would. it was 

 believed. be found facilities for taking, but which did not 

 strictly come within the province of any member of the 

 Civilian Scientific Staff. Subsequently, the services of F. 

 Schiertz, artist, were also engaged. 



At the instauce of the Directors of the Geographi- 

 cal Survey, Capt. Wille procured for the Expedition the 

 necessary instruments and apparatus. and superintended 

 the genera] fitting-out of the vessel. 



. For the guidance of the Scientific Staff on board, 

 the 1 Hrectors of the Geographical Survey, with the sanc- 

 tion of the Home Department, issued the following In- 

 structions. which remained in force on the three cruises 

 of the Expedition. in 1876. 1877, ånd 1878.'. 



§ 1- 

 The Scheine approved for the Expedition shall be. 



strictly adhered to. unless bad wéather, or some unforseen 



interfering cause, prevent its being carried out. It rests 



with the Captain to pronounce on the state of the weather 



and of the ship. 



§ 2. 

 • Previous to execution.'all the details of the Scheme shall 

 be discussed and put to the vøte by the Scientific Staff 

 on board. .of which the Captain of the vessel is a member. 

 The decision of the majority to be final. 

 The Scientific Staff shall from among their number 

 elect a chairman, who has the casting vote. 



§3. 



If, during the progress of the cruise, very consid- 

 erable deviation from the Scheme approved for the Expedi- 

 tion be found advisable, such deviation is permitted, all 

 the membérs' of the Scientific Staff consenting thereto. 



' § 4- 



On the Captain of the vessel shall devolve the duty 



of fitting her out. and of furnishing her with the ne- 

 cessary apparatus, as also of navigating and working 

 her 'in a manner calculated to attain the object of the 



Expedition. 



§ •-. 



From every port at which the vessel may touch, the 

 ( Japtain shall advise the I Mrectors of the Q-eographical Survey 

 of the progress of the Expedition; and after his return he 

 lias to report generally' on the cruise. The Expedition 



