﻿REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  WORK 
  OF 
  THE 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  

  

  [Abstract.] 
  

  

  By 
  Lieut. 
  Commander 
  J. 
  F. 
  Moser, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  until 
  December 
  15,the 
  Albatross 
  

   was 
  employed 
  in 
  fur-seal 
  investigations, 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  

   Department. 
  After 
  an 
  extensive 
  cruise 
  in 
  the 
  N^orth 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  

   Bering 
  Sea, 
  visiting 
  the 
  different 
  seal 
  islands, 
  she 
  returned 
  via 
  Japan 
  

   and 
  Honolulu. 
  The 
  vessel 
  was 
  relieved 
  from 
  duty 
  under 
  the 
  Treasury 
  

   Department 
  December 
  15, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  fishery 
  investigations 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  southern 
  and 
  central 
  California 
  

   until 
  May, 
  when 
  preparations 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   streams 
  of 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  to 
  determine 
  their 
  fishery 
  resources. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  153 
  days 
  spent 
  at 
  sea 
  underway 
  and 
  in 
  

   open 
  anchorages, 
  and 
  13,925 
  miles 
  were 
  steamed 
  by 
  log. 
  The 
  want 
  of 
  

   reliable 
  charts 
  for 
  navigation 
  on 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  coast 
  was 
  felt, 
  and, 
  incident- 
  

   ally 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  many 
  hydrographic 
  omissions 
  

   and 
  errors 
  were 
  noted 
  and 
  corrected. 
  Attention 
  is 
  called, 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  

   of 
  the 
  vessel 
  work, 
  to 
  the 
  many 
  doubtful 
  islands, 
  reefs, 
  and 
  shoals 
  on 
  or 
  

   near 
  the 
  regular 
  tracks 
  of 
  vessels 
  between 
  Yokohama, 
  Honolulu, 
  and 
  

   San 
  Francisco. 
  Hydrographic 
  notes 
  and 
  observations, 
  particularly 
  of 
  

   the 
  Robben 
  and 
  Kuril 
  islands, 
  were 
  compiled 
  which, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  

   photographs 
  and 
  sketches, 
  have 
  been 
  transmitted 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Coast 
  and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey. 
  

  

  The 
  itinerary 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Dutch 
  Harbor, 
  UnalaHka 
  July 
  2-6 
  

  

  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  July 
  8-19 
  

  

  Dutch 
  Harbor, 
  Unalaska 
  July 
  20-23 
  

  

  Commander 
  Islands 
  July 
  30-Au;;. 
  9 
  

  

  Petropaulski 
  Harbor, 
  Kamchatka 
  Aug. 
  11-19 
  

  

  Kuril 
  Islands 
  Aug. 
  22-26 
  

  

  Bobben 
  Island, 
  Okhotsk 
  Sea 
  Aug. 
  28-Sept. 
  1 
  

  

  Shana 
  Anchorage, 
  Kuril 
  Islands 
  Sept. 
  4-6 
  

  

  Honolala 
  Harbor, 
  Oaha 
  Island, 
  Hawaii, 
  Nov. 
  7-30 
  

  

  Sausalito 
  Harbor, 
  California 
  Deo. 
  11-30 
  

  

  San 
  Diego 
  Bay, 
  California 
  Jan. 
  l-Apr. 
  5 
  

  

  Santa 
  Cataliua 
  Island, 
  California 
  Apr. 
  6-10 
  

  

  Monterey 
  Bay, 
  California 
  Apr. 
  11-24 
  

  

  Sausalito 
  Anchorage 
  Apr. 
  25-May 
  8 
  

  

  Ports 
  on 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  Washington 
  Maj' 
  14-30 
  

  

  Ports 
  and 
  anchorages 
  in 
  British 
  Colum- 
  

  

  Hakodate 
  Harbor, 
  Yezo 
  Island, 
  Japan, 
  Sept. 
  10-19 
  bia 
  and 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  June 
  1-30 
  

  

  Yokohama 
  Harbor, 
  Japan 
  Sept. 
  22-Oct. 
  22 
  I 
  

  

  The 
  commission 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  in 
  June, 
  1896, 
  to 
  investi- 
  

   gate 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  herds 
  of 
  the 
  Pribilof, 
  Commander, 
  

   and 
  Kuril 
  islands 
  consisted 
  of 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Starr 
  Jordan, 
  of 
  Leland 
  Stan- 
  

   ford 
  Junior 
  University; 
  Mr. 
  Leonhard 
  Stejneger 
  and 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Lucas, 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum; 
  Lieut. 
  Commander 
  Jeff. 
  F. 
  

   Moser, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  commander 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross; 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Town- 
  

  

  CXl^VII 
  

  

  