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Mr. F. W. Perkins, the assistant superintendent, and Mr. H. O. 

 Ogden, inspector of hydrography. 



To Mr. G. W. Littlehales, the consulting hydrographer of the 

 department, belongs the credit of the selection of a vessel from which 

 apparently results of high order of accuracy are being obtained. 

 The physical conditions controlling the proposed circumnavigation 

 of the North Pacific Ocean were investigated by him and submitted 

 in the form of a digest for the guidance of the commander. He has 

 likewise collected and compiled the existing magnetic observations 

 at shore stations in the North Pacific Ocean and in other regions of 

 the globe where work was being arranged for by the department. 



The important initial work connected with the testing of the 

 instruments at Washington devolved principally upon my chief 

 assistant, Mr. J. A. Fleming, and upon Dr. Egbert. 



It is gratifying to report that the German government, in response 

 to a request from the President of the Institution, has given the 

 desired assurance that its Samoan magnetic observatory will be main- 

 tained until 1909 to assist in the magnetic survey of the Pacific Ocean. 

 Furthermore, during the director's visit to European institutions, in 

 the early part of the 5'ear, assurance was everywhere received of 

 hearty cooperation and substantial assistance rendered. 



Special mention should likewise be made of the fact that the United 

 States Government, through its Department of Commerce and Labor, 

 at the request of the President of the Institution, has extended to the 

 Galilee special privileges and has classified her as a yacht in order to 

 enable her to pass from port to port without the usual custom-house 

 formalities, thus greatly facilitating the operations of the vessel. 



B. Land Work. 



Mr. J. P. Ault, magnetic observer, preliminary to his assignment 

 to the ocean work, was temporarily attached to the Coast Survey 

 steamer Bache for securing the necessary training in magnetic work 

 on a cruise from Baltimore to Panama. Besides taking part in the 

 sea work, he determined the three magnetic elements at the follow- 

 ing stations : Norfolk (Virginia), Key West and Miami (Florida), 

 Kingston (Jamaica), Colon (Panama), Havana, Matanzas, Batabano, 

 and Pinar del Rio (all in Cuba), and Waycross (Georgia). At Havana 

 comparisons were also made with the instruments of the Colegio de 

 Belen. His work in Cuba was done in cooperation with the Havana 

 Magnetic Observatory, whose director. Father Gangoiti, extended 

 to Mr. Ault every courtesy possible. 



Mr. D. C. Sowers, magnetic observer, accompanied the new Coast 

 Survey steamer Explorer from Baltimore to Porto Rico, determined 



