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carried out the difficult work assigned him. Acknowledgment is due to the 

 cordial assistance rendered by the representatives of the governments and by 

 various private persons. 



Canada, including N eivf oundland and Labrador. — Mr. C. C. Stewart, Mag- 

 netic Observer, was assigned to take charge of an exploratory trip in the 

 provinces of Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Beginning at North Bay the end 

 of June, his trip extended to Moose Factory, James Bay, via Cochrane and 

 Abitibi River. From Moose Factory he crossed to Rupert's House and 

 returned via Rupert River, Lake Mistassini, Lake St. John, and Quebec. 

 During the trip 32 stations were occupied, 6 of which were repeat stations. 

 The field work was completed at Quebec on October 25, 1909. The providing 

 of the facilities necessary for this important work was greatly simplified by 

 the kind offices of the Hudson's Bay Commissioner, Mr, C. C. Chipman, and 

 of the factor at North Bay, Mr. S. A. King. Mr. Stewart deserves much 

 credit for the successful accomplishment of this difficult trip. 



Mr. E. Kidson, Magnetic Observer, was assigned to the Carnegie and 

 directed to join her at St. Johns, Newfoundland. Preparatory to this assign- 

 ment, from August i to the end of September, he occupied a station in New 

 Brunswick (St. John, a repeat station), one in Nova Scotia (Sydney, a repeat 

 station), and 12 stations in Newfoundland, 2 of which, Bay of Islands and 

 St. Johns, were repeat stations. 



United States. — Mr. C. C. Stewart, Magnetic Observer, when instructing 

 Mr. W. H. Sligh, newly appointed a magnetic observer, reoccupied with him 

 2 of the Maryland Geological Survey stations in Maryland, namely, Chester- 

 town and Bowie, during the early part of November, 1908. During the latter 

 part of November, Mr. Sligh also occupied Miami, Florida, a repeat station, 

 and Knight's Key, Florida, while en route to the magnetic work in Cuba, as 

 described above. 



Miscellaneous. — Ten stations were also established by the Carnegie party 

 in New York in connection with the instrumental tests and swings of the 

 vessel in Gardiners Bay, Long Island, in St. Johns Harbor, Newfoundland, 

 and off Falmouth, England, 



OCEAN WORK, 



The necessary appropriation having been made by the Trustees on Decem- 

 ber 8, 1908, the contract for the construction of the non-magnetic vessel 

 Carnegie, briefly described in last year's report, was awarded on December 9, 

 as the result of competition, to the Tebo Yacht Basin Company of Brooklyn, 

 New York. The vice-president and manager of this firm, Mr. Wallace 

 Downey, while connected with the Shooter's Island Company, built several 

 well-known vessels, e. g., the Meteor (Kaiser Wilhelm's yacht), and the 

 Atlantic, which won the Atlantic cup race of 1906, as also the Coast Survey 

 steamer, the Bache, etc. 



