26$ ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPEDITION. 



men, as well as in the other necessary expenditures of the expe- 

 dition. 



6. It is hardly necessary to say that his Excellency relies 

 upon your exercising a due economy in all matters connected 

 with the expedition. 



7. As soon as you have completed your contemplated part} r , 

 you will furnish me with a schedule, giving the names of all the 

 persons composing it, and stating their rates of pay, and the 

 dates from which their pay is to commence. Such a schedule 

 will be necessary to supply the auditor with the means of audit- 

 ing your accounts. 



8. Having organised your party, you will lose no time in re- 

 pairing with them to Eed Kiver, taking with you the supplies 

 (referred to in the estimate) required for Mr. Dawson. 



9. On your way to the Ked Kiver, you will take possession of 

 the canoes, provisions, and other articles belonging to the Gro- 

 vernment, either at Collingwood or Sault Ste. Marie. These, 

 with the men intended for Mr. Dawson, you will deliver over to 

 that gentleman when you meet him, either at Ked Kiver or on 

 his way back. 



10. You are to consider all the articles and materials of any 

 description belonging to the Canadian Government, connected 

 with the late expedition, as available for the purposes of the 

 present expedition, and you and Mr. Dawson may therefore 

 divide them between you in whatever way you may think most 

 advantageous. Such articles, if any, as may not be required by 

 either of you, should be left in the custody of some trustworthy 

 person to await the orders of the Government. 



11. As soon as you shall have put Mr. Dawson in possession 

 of the men and canoes intended for him, each of you will be 

 held separately responsible for the expenses of his own party. 

 You will therefore be careful to keep an accurate account of your 

 expenditure. 



12. The auditor-general of public accounts will give you 

 any information you may require as to the most convenient 

 mode of making out and furnishing your accounts, &c. 



13. On your return from Montreal I shall be prepared to give 

 you your instructions with reference to the localities in which 



