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isluiids sailiug as far north as Norton and Kotzebne Sound, in the autnnin returning 

 to Sitka, where further instructions will be {^iven you. 

 I am, &c. 



(Signed) Geo. S. Boutwell, 



Captain J. M. Selden, Secretary of Treasury, 



lievenue-cuiter " lieliance," Sitka, Alaska. 



Treasury Department, Office op the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, April 18, 1870. 



Sir: 



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lustructions were sent to you a few days ago to cause the "Reliance" to be fitted 

 out immediately to cruize westward, and authority given for providing all requisite 

 supplies, rations for six months, and a full complement of men. You are also author- 

 ized to employ a surgeon for the vessel, his services to terminate on the return of the 

 "Reliance" to your port in the fall, probably not before October. 



You will please instruct Captain Selden to keep a vary accurate journal of every- 

 thiug transpiring on this voyage, at its termination forwarding to the Department 

 chart of the course of ship, ports visited, miles sailed, &c. 



Before sailing on this cruize Captain Selden will forward through your office lists 

 of ship's company, with inventories of property on board. Wages paid to men will 

 also be stated. 



Captain Selden will be particular to note vessels boarded or spoken on the voyage, 

 also vessels seized (if any), giving names, dates, and flag, and specifiying cause of 

 seizure. 



He will be especially observant (and note accordingly) of whatever occurs at the 

 fur-bearing islands of St. Paul and St. George, so that the Department may be prop- 

 erly informed upon those points. 



Lieutenants Hansell and Mason have been ordered to the "Reliance." 

 I am, &c. 



(Signed) Geo. S. Boutwetx, 



Wm. Kapers, Esq., Secretary of the Treasury. 



Collector, ^c, Sitka, Alaska. 



Treasury Department, May 25, 1870. 



Sir: By telegram of the 23rd instant the Collector of Customs at San Francisco 

 has been instructed to put the revenue-steamer "Lincoln" in readiness for cruizing 

 to the Aleutian Islands. Behriug Sea, and the Islands of St. Paul and St. George. 



You are ordered to the command. 



Two additional officers, Lieutenants Bateman and Coulson, are ordered to join the 

 vessel, and will shortly report to the Collector. 



Collector Phelps has been instructed to cause ample supplies to be furnished. 



You will proceed first to Nauaimo, and obtain, if necessary, additional sup- 

 66 plies of coal, and from thence take your course direct to Ounalaska (it is not 

 considered important to go to Kodiak, and it may be avoided, the navigation 

 being dangerous, and, besides, much more time being required than to sail due west 

 to Ounalaska), where you can again coal, thence to the Islands of St. Paul and St. 

 George. 



Lieutenants Henderson and Barnes will be relieved, and will be received on board 

 your ship to be conveyed to Puget Sound, from thence returning to the Atlantic 

 coast. 



The Department relies upon your discretion and good judgment in conducting this 

 cruize to the best interests of the service and the (>overumeut. To this end you will 

 cause to be carefully noted on ship's jourual all the movements of your vessel, 

 places touched at, vessels spoken, boarded, or seized; if seized, under what circum- 

 stances and for what cause. 



It is essential that the Department be fully informed in relation to all which may 

 be done by you in performance of the duty to which the "Lincoln" is assigned of 

 protecting the interests of the Government in those waters. 



On returning from this cruize you will proceed direct to Puget Sound. From 

 thence you will forward to the Department your journal and reports of the cruize. 



You will acknowledge receipt of these instructions, and, prior to sailing, forward 

 lists of your officers and crew. 



Wishing you a safe and prosperous cruize, I am, &c. 



(Signed) Geo. S. Boutwell, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



Captain C. M. Scammon, 



Ileveuue-slcamer "Lincoln," San Francisco, California. 



