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2. From Englisli Bay, you will jjioceed to the island of St. Paul, 

 wliere you will deliver your pussengers, land the supplies, and take 

 ou local products for St. Michael's redoubt. You will tlieu proceed to 

 the redoubt to laud su])plies aud take on whatever cargo Manager 

 Vaklirameief may have ou hand. 



o. On leaving St. Michael's redoubt you will shape your course for 

 the island of St. Paul, where you must take on without fail a full cargo 

 of fur-seal skins and local ijroducts such as oil and seal meat, and pro- 

 ceeding to the island of St. George, take on in addition such products 

 and furs as may have accumlated previous to your arrival there. Thence 

 you will iiroceed to Unahiska, and furnish Manager Vlassof with such 

 quantities of oil and seal meat as he may be in need of. You will then 

 take on the furs on hand at Unalaska, and proceed to New Archangel. 



4. During your visits to the above-mentioned points, you will receive 

 all complaints submitted to you and, without making any decision 

 Avhatever, submit them to me on your arrival at New Archangel. 



5. At St, Michael's redoubt Manager Vaklirameief will present to 

 you two servants of tlie Company, Koshevnikof and Maknrin, for pun- 

 ishment for disobeying the orders of the authorities and for engaging 

 ill secret unlawful traftic with natives; and I would suggest to you to 

 punish them with rods, giving them twenty-five strokes each in the 

 presence of the whole garrison of the redoubt. 



C. Among the ijassengers on your steamer will be the bishop of New 

 Archangel, Peter, who goes to inspect the northern missions. You 

 will show his Eminence due attention and respect, and carry out his 

 wishes as far as practicable. 



7. During your stay at St. Michael's redoubt youAvill cause to be col- 

 lected a quantity of drift-wood and deliver tlie same on the island of 

 St. Paul. 



8. If the managers of the islands should present to you any employes 

 wlio have served out their terms for transportion from the Colonies, you 

 will take them on board. From the island of St. Paul the carpenter, 

 Parfentyef, Mill require a passage to Sitka. 



9. It has come to my knowledge that in thepresentyear two whaling 

 vessels have sailed from San Francisco for the purpose of trading on 

 the Pribilof Islands or of hunting in their vicinity. Consequently I 

 would suggest that during your presence in those w^aters you will ex- 

 ercise the duties of an arme<l cruiser, to prevent any unlawfnl acts on 

 the i)art, not only of these tAvo vessels, but of any others which you 

 may find in Bering Sea. 



1 trust that all the various duties intrusted to you will be carried 

 out to my satisfaction, and that you will return without unnecessary 

 loss of time. 



The crew and passenger lists of the steamer are heieby ai)peiided. 



Tlie issue of rum to your crew will be made under -existing regula- 

 tions. 



No. 18. 



Letter from the Department of Commerce and Mannfactures to the Board 

 of Administration of the Kussian American Company. Written from 

 M. Petersburg, June 19, 1865. 



The council of state, after an examination of the proposal submitted 

 by me concerning the revision of the charter of the liussiau American 



