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Islands and eea-otter huntinjf-gronnds, and of Alaska generally, you are directed to 

 take on board that vessel, without delay, sufficient supplies of provisions for a six 

 months' cruize, and such quantities of fuel and w^ateras can be conveniently stowed 

 on board, and leave San Francisco with your command by the 25th instant, if prac- 

 ticable, for the waters named, and make the best of your way to the places hereafter 

 designated. 



You will proceed first to Ounalaska, where you will take on a supply of coal from 

 that in store belonging to the Revenue Marine. From this point you will cruize 

 actively with your command amongst the Aleutian Islands, and in Norton and Kotze- 

 bue Sounds, and you will go as far as Point Barrow, if found practicable, continuing 

 your cruizing until the 20th October next. 



You will strictly enforce the instructions contained in the printed orders, and the 

 letter of authority of this date, clothing you with power to make arrests, &c. 



To efPectually guard the seal fisheries, and protect the seal life, you will visit and 

 cruize in the neighbourhood of St. Paul and St. George at least twice during the 

 season, and you will cover in your cruizing the sea-otter hunting-grounds from 

 Kodiak to Ounalaska, leaving an officer and two seamen on Otter Island during the 

 sealing season to prevent the killing of seals on that island. 



You will at least once in the course of the season make a cruize to the westward, 

 as far as Attou if practicable, touching at the principal otter-hunting stations 

 between that island and Ounalaska. 



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Very respectfully, 



(Signed) D. Manning, Secretary. 



Captain M. A. Healy, 



Comvianding Revenue- Steamer " Corivin," San Francisco, California. 



• Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, April 18, 1885. 



Sir: Referring to Department letter of this date, directing you to proceed with 

 the revenue-steamer "Corwin," under your command, to Alaska, on special duty in 

 connection with the seal fisheries, you are hereby clothed with full powers to enforce 

 the law contained in the provisions of Section No. 1956 of the United States Revised 

 Statutes, and directed to seize all vessels and arrest and deliver to the proper authori- 

 ties any or all persons whom you may detect violating the law referred to, after due 

 notice shall have been given. 



Yon will also seize any liquors or arms attempted to be introduced into the fountry 

 -without proper permit, under the provisions of Section 1955 of the Revised Statutes, 

 and the Proclamation of the President dated the 4th February, 1870. 

 Very respectfully, 



(Signed) D. Manning, Sea-etary. 



Captain M. A. Healy, 



Comvianding Hevenue-steamer " Corwin," San Francisco, California. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Waslmigton, April 21, 1886. 



Sir: The Department has determined to dispatch the revenue-steamer "Bear," 

 under your command, on a cruize to the Seal Islands, and into the Arctic Ocean, 

 for the enforcement of the provisions of law and the protection of the interests of 

 the Government in that territory ; also to search for and obtain information, if pos- 

 sible, of the officers and crew (thirty-five persons in all) of the Avhaliua; barque 

 Ametbyst," which vessel was last seen in the Arctic Ocean, off Cape Lisburne, 

 the 12th October, 1885, and is supposed to have been lost on one of the islands in 



Behring Sea. 

 74 You will therefore immediately prepare for the voyage, taking on board suf- 



ficient supplies of provisions for a six months' cruize, and such quantities of 

 fuel and water as can be conveniently stowed on board, and leave San Francisco with 

 your command at the earliest date practicable, and make the best of your way to the 

 places hereinafter designated, and to such other points as you may deem advisable 

 for the purpose stated. 



You will i>roceed first to Ounalaska, where you will take a supply of coal from that 

 in store belonging to the Revenue Marine, and thence to tlie Seal Islands and into the 

 Arctic Ocean, going as far north as Point Barrow, if found practicable, and continuing 

 your cruize as late into the season as may seem to you to be advisable. 



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