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Greenland. — It will be remembered that in 1881 Lieutenant Greeley 

 ■was sent, by the Chief Signal Officer, in charge of a party to establish 

 an international meteorological station at Lady Franklin Bay, in lati- 

 tude 81° 35' north. The party was taken to its destination on the 

 Bteamer "Proteus," a sailing vessel chartered in ^Newfoundland, and was 

 safely landed, with all its stores, on the north shore of Lady Franklin 

 Bay, at Camp Conger. The naturalist and surgeon of the party in 

 charge. Dr. Pavey, had preceded the expedition to Greenland by about 

 one year, being occupied during the interval in studying the natural 

 history and ethnology of the country. In 1882, with an appropriation 

 made by Congress for the purpose, a relief party was organized by the 

 Signal Ofl&ce to carry out stores and supplies. As Dr. Pavey intimated 

 his desire to return during 1882, the Institution, at the request of Gen- 

 eral Hazen, selected Dr. Hoadley to fill the place, as a surgeon of 

 ability and an experienced naturalist. This relief party, with the sup- 

 plies and stores, left Newfoundland on the steamer "Neptune" on its 

 way to Lady Franklin Bay ; but, on account of the ice, was unable to 

 reach its destination; and after depositing the stores on the shore 

 and marking their position by intelligible indications, it returned 

 to the United States. During the voyage, Dr. Hoadley was able to 

 utilize the slight opportunity at his command in collecting some inter- 

 esting specimens of birds and other objects of natural history. The 

 commander of the party brought back a very finely constructed skin 

 boat, which has been deposited by the Chief Signal Officer in the 

 National Museum. 



Labrador. — A very important beginning towards the exploration of 

 Labrador has been made during the year by the establishment, by the 

 United States Signal Service, of an international meteorological station 

 on Ungava Bay, its northern extremity. Mr. Lucien M. Turner, who has 

 been connected with the service for many years in stations at St. Michael's, 

 Alaska, and at many points along the Aleutian Islands, was selected 

 to establish a new station on the eastern coast of the continent, and one 

 that should be at a suitable distance from the Greenland station, and 

 those more or less adjacent to it of the German and English Govern- 

 ments. The courtesy of the Hudson's Bay Company, which had been 

 so signally exhibited to the Smithsonian Institution in connection with 

 the researches of Mr. Kennicott and others more than twenty years ago, 

 was again displayed, in its hearty consent to make Fort Chimo, in 

 Ungava Bay, the seat of the settlement in question; and Mr. Turner 

 accordingly left Quebec on a schooner for Rigolette Station, where, 

 taking the Hudson's Bay steamer, he proceeded to Ungava. His equip- 

 ment for making collections of all kinds was very complete, and was 

 also transported by the Hudson's Bay Company. He had received au- 

 thority from the Institution to obtain the necessary goods at the post, 

 and to secure such objects by barter with the Eskimo as could not 



