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money for a larger companion vessel to the amount 

 of £1500. Dr. Petermann now declared decidedly for 

 clioosing a larger ship instead of the " Greenland," 

 and that a sailing ship, on the ground that a suitable 

 steamer was not easily procurable, and that two scientific 

 men should be attached to the ship. The following 

 resolution was drawn up by Dr. Petermann and signed 

 by all present at the meeting : — 



" On the 7th of next month, the Second German Arctic 

 Expedition, under Captain Karl Koldewey, shall pnt to 

 sea. This is the unanimous resolution of the friends 

 of the undertaking, assembled from far and near, for 

 the final settlement of the plan, at Bremen, on the 8th 

 of May. 



"It is our unanimous endeavour to render every part 

 of the equipment as perfect as possible. After strict 

 trial and inspection, the steamer Germania, the newly- 

 built chief ship of the expedition, fulfils every expecta- 

 tion, as well as the sailors who conduct it and the 

 men of science who accompany it. The steamer, like 

 the convoy which accompanies her, will be equipped for 

 two years. 



" The Germania' s size is expressly adapted for ice- 

 navigation ; the accompanying ship, the Hansa, of nearly 

 the same size, will also be expressly adapted for the 

 same purpose, and will be under the command of Cap- 

 tain Fr. Hegemann, of Oldenburg. If possible, the two 

 ships will remain with each other, both on the outward 

 journey, through the winter, and also on the return. 

 Regard to the greatest possible security of the expe- 

 dition has led to this extension of the plan. 



" The plan of the originator of the undertaking, Dr, 



