8 KXTKLHTIOX TO FOIST 15ARUO\Y, ALASKA. 



Tlu- chionoiiii tCTS \\ill be rated at .San Francisco, and will have their sea rates determined by 

 ;ui observation of time at the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey station at Plover Hay 

 (latitude t;i~ I':!' 0" north; longitude IT.'P -'!' .TJ" west). 



The vessel sliiiuld. on arrival at the permanent station, discharge her cargo with the utmost 

 dispatch, and at once be ordered to return to San Francisco, ('a I. liefore permitting the vessel 

 to leave. ;: careful examination of (lie vicinity will be made and the exact, site chosen fur the. per- 

 manent station will be located in latitude and longitude, chronometrically, both by Lieutenant 

 Kay and by (lie navigator of the vessel independently, and a report in writing will be sent by the 

 retnrning vessel. IJy the same means will be sent a transcript of all meteorological and other 

 observat ions made during the voyage, and also a list of apparatus and stores known to be broken, 

 missing and needed, to be supplied next year. 



After the departure of the vessel, the energies of the party should first be devoted to the erec- 

 tion of the houses required lor dwellings, stores, and observatories. 



Special instructions regarding' the meteorological, magnetic, tidal, pendulum, and .such other 

 observations as were recommended by the Hamburg International Polar Conference, are trans- 

 mitted herewith. 



( 'areful attention will be given to the collection of specimens of the animal, mineral, and vege- 

 table kingdoms. These collections are to be made as complete, as possible, and are to be consid- 

 ered the property of the Government of the United States, and are to be at its disposal. The 

 collections in natural history and ethnology are made for, and will be, transferred to, the National 

 Museum. 



It is contemplated that the, permanent station will be visited in IsSi!, 1883, and l.SSi by a steam 

 or sailing vessel, by which supplies for, and such additions to, the present party as are deemed 

 needful will be sent. Lists of stores required to bo sent by the next season's vessel will be for- 

 warded by each returning boat. 



The subject of fuel and native food-supply, its procurement and preservation, will receive full 

 and careful attention, as soon after the establishment of the post, as practicable. Full reports 

 upon this subject will be expected. 



A special copy of all reports will be made each day, which will be sent home each year by 

 the returning vessel. 



The full narrative of the several branches will be prepared with accuracy, leaving the least 

 possible amount of work afterwards to prepare them for publication. 



In case of any fatal accident or permanent disability happening to Lieutenant Kay, the com- 

 mand will devolve on the officer next in seniority, who will be governed by these instructions. 



W. 15. 1IA/KN, 

 Brigadier an>l ]>r< ret M<ijr-(ieiier<tl. Chief , v itjna I Oijictr, i . N. .-I; 



Official : 



Louis V. CAXIAKC, 



First Licuteiuntt, Second Artillery, Actiny friyiutl (>lfiee>\ 



roi; Tin: COMMANDING (irncKus OF THE ixwux.u'ioXAL roi.Ai: STATIDXS 

 occrriKD KY TIII: SH;\.IL XERTICK. 



I. GKNKRAL. 



1. llegular meteorological and other observations will be maintained uninterruptedly, both at 

 sea and at the permanent station, in accordance with instructions issued to Signal Service observers 

 and those contained in the accompanying extract from the proceedings of 1 he Hamburg conference, 

 to which special notes are appended where needed. 



'_'. The original record of these observations will be kept in the blank books supplied for thin 

 purpose, and a fair copy of the corrected and reduced results will be made upon Signal Service and 

 special forms, as supplied in bound volumes. 



