July 19, 1901.] 



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esty's ships, but is registered under the 

 Merchant Shipping Act, 189-i, and is gov- 

 erned by it. Copies of this act will be sup- 

 plied to 3'ou. You will see that the officers 

 and crew sign the ship's articles as re- 

 quired by the act. The scientific staff 

 will not sign articles, but are to be treated 

 as cabin passengers. You must be care- 

 ful not to take more than 12 persons as 

 passengers. 



26. The vessel has been covered by in- 

 surance, and, in the event of her sustaining 

 any damage during the voyage, to recover 

 the claim from the underwriters it will be 

 necessary for you to call in the services of 

 Lloyd's agent, or, in his absence, an inde- 

 pendent surveyor, at the first port of call, 

 in order that the damage may be surveyed 

 before repairs are effected. His survey re- 

 port, together with the accounts for repairs 

 and supporting vouchers should be sent to 

 us by first mail, together with a certified 

 extract from the official log reporting the 

 casualty. 



In the event of damage occurring after 

 you have left civilized regions precise par- 

 ticulars should be entered in the log, and 

 the damage should be surveyed and re- 

 paired as soon as you return to a port 

 where Lloyd's agent or other surveyor is 

 available. 



27. The Discovery is the first ship that 

 has ever been built expressly for scientific 

 purposes in these kingdoms. It is an honor 

 to receive the command of her ; but we are 

 impressed with the difficulty of the enter- 

 prise which has been entrused to you and 

 with the serious character of your respon- 

 sibilities. The expedition is an undertak- 

 ing of national importance, and science 

 cannot fail to benefit from the efibrts of 

 those engaged in it. You may rely upon 

 our support on all occasions, and we feel 

 assured that all on board the Discovery 

 will do their utmost to further the objects 

 of the expedition. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR 

 OF THE CIVILIAN SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 



1. The Eoyal Society and the Eoyal 

 Geographical Society have approved your 

 appointment as Director of the Civilian 

 Scientific Staff of their Antarctic Expedition. 



2. A copy of the instructions to the com- 

 mander of the expedition accompanies 

 these instructions, which are supplemental 

 to them. You will see from the instruc- 

 tions to the commander what the objects 

 of the expedition are, and your position 

 relatively to them. 



3. You will direct the scientific work of 

 the gentlemen who have been appointed to 

 assist you. 



4. The names of the gentlemen associated 

 with you are as follows : — (1) Mr. Hodgson 

 (biologist); (2) Mr. Shackleton (physicist). 

 The services of the two medical officers 

 will be at your disposal for scientific work 

 when not engaged on the work of their own 

 department — namely, Dr. Koettlitz (bot- 

 anist), and Dr. Wilson (zoologist). 



5. You will note that the commander of 

 the expedition has been instructed to com- 

 municate freely with you on all matters 

 connected with the scientific objects of the 

 expedition, and, as far as possible, to meet 

 your views and wishes in connection with 

 them. The societies feel assured that you 

 will cooperate and act in concert with him, 

 with a view, as far as possible, to secure 

 the success of an enterprise which it is 

 hoped will be attended with important re- 

 sults in the various branches of science 

 which it is intended to investigate. 



6. All collections, logs, journals, charts, 

 drawings, photographs, observations and 

 scientific data will be the joint property of 

 the two societies, to be disposed of as may 

 be decided by them. Before the final 

 return of the expedition, you are to demand 

 from the staff under your control all such 

 data, which are to be sealed up and delivered 

 to the two presidents, or dealt with as they 



