688 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
As before stated, the quality and accessibility of the coal-vein will be exam- 
ined, and if found satisfactory, it will not be necessary to leave any of the vessel’s 
coal; otherwise, a year’s supply—say 60 tons, will be left. 
The Gulnare should not leave the station at Lady Franklin Bay until at least 
one year’s supply of fuel has been obtained from the coal mine in that vicinity, 
or if this cannot be obtained, at least sixty (60) tons should be left from the ship’s. 
supply. 
In any event the Gu/nare should not be permitted to proceed on its return 
trip until the officers of the ship and of the party shall have certified in writing 
as to the suitability and fitness of the supplies and the apparent safety of the 
station, a copy of which certificate shall be brought back in the vessel. 
It is also thought that some point should be selected during the ship’s journey 
northward, where supplies should be left in 1882, if a relief ship could not by 
that year reach Lady Franklin Bay. 
The Board is of the opinion that there should not be an increase in the arms. 
now provided. 
If all the arrangements of the plan proposed by Capt. Howgate be faithfally 
carried out, it would appear that proper precautions and safeguards have been 
provided to secure the safety of the Arctic Expedition, and to promise reasona- 
ble success in the attainment of the objects for which the expedition was or- 
ganized. 
Special suggestions in writing by Mr. Bryan, of this Board, and by Sergt. 
O. T. Sherman, of the Signal Corps, accompany these proceedings. 
Jepba STORW. H. C. CHESTER. 
A. W. GREELY. OcTAVE Pavy. 
Rk. W. D. Bryan. 
THE HOWGATE EXPEDITION TO LADY FRANKLIN BAY. 
OUTLINE OF SCIENTIFIC WORK. 
The following plan for astronomical, metereological, and magnetic work at 
Lady Franklin Bay and other stations in high latitudes, was prepared by Capt. 
Howgate, Lieut. Story and Professor Abbe, of the Signal Office, in compliance ~ 
with official instructions from the Department : 
I.—Macnetic WorK aT FIxED Stations.—The outfit necessary for this. 
work is considered to be as follows: 
1. The Unifilar Declinometer, or the complete Magnetometer, as made by 
Fauth & Co., Washington, D. C., No. 70 of their catalogue, and costs about 
$400. ‘This should have a set of very light needles, as well as the ordinary 
heavy ones, and is to be used for absolute and differential observations of declina- 
tion. 
2. A Kew Dip Circle to be used for dip and total intensity. It should 
be compared with similar observations made at Washington, at the Coast Survey 
