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$15 per ton at Port Clarence, and information is desired as to whether 

 the cost of this extra fuel will be paid by the Department of the 

 Interior. 



Respectfully, yours, 



O. L. Spaulding, 



Acting Secretary. 

 The Secretary of the Interior. 



LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE REIN- 

 DEER HERD. 



Port Clarence, 

 U. S. Revenue- Marine Steamer Bear, July 4, 1893. 



Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, in response to a sugges- 

 tion of Capt. M. A. Healy and in consideration of the best interests of 

 tbe reindeer station, Messrs. Brace and Gibson will retire from the 

 service and you are placed in charge. 



You will need an assistant, and as none can now be procured from 

 tbe States, I have requested Capt. Healy, as a favor, that he let you 

 have a good man from a crew. 



You will need four paid herders, two being on watch at a time. 

 There is now one Eskimo who has been in service with his wife (the 

 wife has cooked for the herders) the past year. He seems faithful and 

 had better be continued. 



It is possible Capt. Healy may secure three experienced Siberian 

 herders. If so, you will have sufficient force. But what he fails to 

 secure from Siberia you can supply on our side. Be very careful whom 

 you employ on our side as an inexperienced hand. The herders are to 

 be fed and clothed and housed, also furnished with tobacco or its 

 equivalent at Government expense. The Siberian herders and the 

 experienced Eskimo one will receive, in addition to the above, $50 

 worth of barter goods at the end of the year, and the inexperienced 

 ones $30 worth. If they prefer it, they can be paid a portion of the 

 above from time to time as they may need it, only that at the end of the 

 year the amount received shall not exceed the total amount allowed. 



When food is plenty and cheap, you will purchase, with the supplies 

 at the station, such oil, meat, dried fish, skins, etc., as are needed 

 at the station. You are also authorized to purchase wood from the 

 natives. 



In addition to the paid herders, it is desired that you take into the 

 station a number of wide-awake young men to learn the management 

 of deer. They will be fed, clothed, and housed at Government expense. 

 If they have been faithful to their duties and shown aptitude in learn- 

 ing for one full year at the station you are authorized to allow them 

 two deer, which can be marked with their brand, but must be contiu- 



