VUl PROCEEDINGS, APRIL. 



9. That the tenderer shall provide, free of charge, cabin accommodation 

 in each ship for two gentlemen, who will sail as the scientific staff; also 

 a separate cabin, of a size to be specified, as instrument room and 

 office. 



10. The scientific staff will have the status of cabin passengers, and be 

 subordinate to the mtster, but the master must afford them every 

 facility that does not interfere with the work or safety of tho ship, 

 for noting natural phenomena. 



11. The chartered ships will earn a special bonus (to come out of the 

 £10,000 appropriated) upon their entering at the Custom House a cargo 

 of 100 tons of oil, being the produce of fish caught south of 60deg., S. 

 The special bonus to be paid as follows, viz. : — To ships owned and regis- 

 tered in Australia, £1,000 ; to ships owned and registered elsewhere, 

 £800. 



12. The services desired are as follows, viz.: — A flying survey of any 

 coast-lines lying within the Antarctic circle, and not now laid down 

 upon the Admiralty charts. The discovery of new waterways leading 

 towards the South Pole, and of harbours suitable for wintering in. 

 Opportunities to be afforded to the scientific staff to add to our 

 knowledge of the meteorology, oceanography, terrestrial magnetism, 

 natural history, and geology of the region. The discovery of commercial 

 products. 



13. The tenderer must specify the bonus he demands for passing 

 70deg. S. with either one or two ships ; also the bonus he demands for 

 each degree attaioed beyond 70deg. S. by one ship ; also the bonus he 

 demands for every occasion upon which he succeeds in establishing on 

 the shore a temporary observing camp. 



14. That the Government should pay for only one such station for 

 each 120 miles of latitude or longitude, unless the master shall have 

 established more at the written request of both members of the staff. 



15. The staff to have the right to refuse to accept the she of any 

 camp selected by the master, and such refusal shall be logged by the 

 master, and read over to the staff in the presence of the mate and the 

 surgeon ; and the staff shall hand to the master their objections thereto 

 in writing, and the same must be signed by both of them. 



16. The tenderer will not receive any more bonus for two ships than 

 for one after passing the 70th parallel. The committee would prefer 

 that one of the ships should remain fishing in the neighbourhood of 

 North Cape, Victoria Land, whilst the other pushed into higher 

 latitudes. In case of accident to the latter, the former would serve as a 

 dep6t and relief for the shipwrecked crew to fall back upon. 



17. Should the master of either ship despatch an exploring party from 

 his vessel, the contractor will be entitled to a bonus for each 60 miles of 

 latitade or longitude traversed by such party, but the tenderer must 

 specify what sum he will require for each 60 mi'es so traversed. 



18. That the ships should proceed direct to the bight situated on the 

 meridian of ISOdeg., with a view of one of them getting beyond Ross' 

 furthest, and especially of observing the conditions of the volcanoes at 

 the head of the bight. 



19. The contractor will be liable to no penalty should he fail to reach 

 to any latitude tendered for. 



20. The contractor will have the right to employ his ships in whaling 

 or sealing, and in loading guano or other cargo. 



21. Should the masters be unable to get right (black) or sperm whales 

 to enable them to compete for the bonus offered under the 12th proviso, 

 they will nevertheless be entitled to the bonus should they return with 

 a cargo of any merchantable commodity obtained within the Antarctic 

 circle, and having a value equivalent to that of 100 tons of whale oil. 



