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for voyages with merchandise and for trade with Gishig and the other 

 ports of the Sea of Okotsk. At the end of August, or early ill Septem- 

 ber, this vessel will be sent back with the dispatches last received and 

 with goods for the Kamchatka trade, and will return to New Arch- 

 angel, stopping on its way only in the Knrile district, if it has landed 

 an inspector there, and at the port of Petropanlovsky. 



II. One vessel of" the first class, preferably the one which will come 

 around the world from Europe that year, will be sent with the annual 

 cargo of goods and with the spring mail direct to Ayan. This vessel 

 must be sent early in May, and in no event later than May 15, in order 

 that it may arrive at Ayan by the time of the opening of the harbor at 

 the end of June. On this vessel there must be sent to the port of Ayan 

 passengers, if there are any, salt, flour, and other cargo, specially for 

 that port and for the places dependent upon it. This vessel will re- 

 main at Ayan until the end of July or the early part of August and 

 will return direct to New Archangel with the Siberian cargo, the prin- 

 cipal mail, and with passengers, if there should be any. During the 

 stay of this vessel at the port of Ayan the governor of that port must 

 be allowed, on extraordinary occasions, to employ it for the transpor- 

 tation of men and goods to Petrovsky, and therefore instructions in 

 conformity with this must be given to the captain of this vessel. 



III. A second-class vessel, a fast sailer — for instance, the ship 

 Mensliikoff — with a naval crew and under the command of a naval offi- 

 cer, will be sent at the end of April to cruise and to keep a watch over 

 the foreign Avhaling vessels in the southern part of Bering Sea and 

 along the Aleutian group. On this vessel will be sent supplies for 

 Copper and Bering islands, and also for Atta, or Atka, if it is found 

 necessary and does not interfere with the movements of the first small 

 vessel (section 1 of this dispatch). On this vessel, also, in case of 

 necessity, there will be sent inspectors to the above-mentioned islands, 

 and goods will be taken on it from there to New Archangel. This ves- 

 sel must be kept continually cruising throughout the district assigned 

 to it, and may go into port, for a very short time only, for supplies of 

 wood and water. This cruiser must visit the above-mentioned islands 

 not less than twice every year; the first time for the delivery of sup- 

 plies, mails, and inspectors, and the second time to take on board 

 goods, reports, and inspectors. This cruiser must be strictly forbidden 

 to await the termination of the inspection in port, as has formerly been 

 done, and if one and the same person is instructed to inspect two 

 islands, it will be better to order the cruiser to visit those islands once 

 more rather than lie idle in port. The time fixed for the termination 

 of the company's cruising is that at which the foreign whalers leave 

 Bering Sea, viz, the last part of August or the beginning of Septem- 

 ber. 



IV. The third and fourth vessels of the second class, namely, the 

 Oliotslc and the Tungus, will be designated to carry supplies to the forts 

 and islands of the Kadiak district and to the island of Inga, and to 

 bring goods from them. For the better care of the Kadiak district a 

 part of the supplies may be sent there by one of the large or small ves- 

 sels early in the spring, in the month of March. 



V. The second first-class vessel is intended to supply the islands of 

 the Unalaska district, the Pribilof Islands, and Fort Michael, and for 

 trading with the natives on the coasts of Bering Sea, as also on the 

 coasts of Asia and America. As vessels may be sent to that region 

 very late, this vessel, after taking in supplies for Fort Michael and the 

 goods intended for trading with the savages may be dispatched some- 

 what earlier, and may also carry lumber and wood for the Pribilof 



