XVlll SAILING ORDERS. 



31. On your arrival in England, you are forthwith to repair to 

 the Admiralty, to lay before their Lordships a full account of your 

 proceedings ; having previously received from the officers and all 

 other persons in the expedition the journals or memoranda they 

 may have kept, and the charts, drawings, and observations which 

 they may have made. Such of these journals and documents as 

 may be of an unofficial character will be returned to the writers 

 when no longer required for the public requirements of the ex- 

 pedition. 



32. In conclusion, my Lords desire me to state, that having 

 full confidence in your judgment and discretion, and being aware 

 that you are already familiar with Arctic service, they do not 

 deem it necessary to furnish you with more definite instructions 

 than are embraced in the foregoing. With the ample means at 

 your command, you are at liberty to vary the detail according to 

 circumstances, but the main points herein laid down for your 

 guidance should be kept in view, all other objects being subordinate 

 to them. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant 

 (signed) Robert Hall. 



Captain George S. Nares, K.N., 



H.M.S. 'Alert ' at Portsmouth. 



