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denied to another, or preferences are shown, insubordination and unkind 
feelings are immediately engendered, to the lasting injury of the service. 
I am well persuaded that you do not require to be urged upon this 
subject, and shall not therefore press further arguments upon your 
attention. 
You will transmit, semi-annually, on the first of January and July, 
confidential reports of the character, conduct, skill, and acquirements, of 
all the oflficers under your command. In making them, it is proper that 
strict impartiality should be used, and all personal prejudices or predilec- 
tions avoided. 
The blank monthly returns, forwarded to you herewith, for the use of 
the squadron, are to be regularly and carefully filled up, and transmitted 
through you to this department. The books ordered to be purchased for 
the use of all our ships in commission, are to be placed in charge of the 
schoolmaster, and on your return carefully packed in boxes, which must 
be labelled, and deposited in the public store. 
It is intended to send out, from time to time, ample supplies for the 
squadron, which will render it unnecessary for the purser, acting as agent 
for the squadron, to make purchases, unless on urgent occasions, when 
special instructions shall be given by you to him. 
You will obtain from this officer the funds required for the pay of the 
officers and men, and the general uses of the squadron ; and to enable him 
to be at all times ready to meet those demands . and fulfil the injunctions 
of the department, you will furnish him, from time to time, with estimates 
in detail of the wants of the squadron, six months in advance, particular- 
izing the various heads of appropriation under which the money should be 
drawn, and forward the duplicates thereof to this department. 
It may be in your power, while protecting the commercial, to add some- 
thing to the agricultural interests of our country, by obtaining information 
respecting valuable animals, seeds, plants, &c. ; and by importing such 
as you can conveniently, without expense to the government, or neglecting 
the more immediate and appropriate duties assigned you. 
The cultivation of the sugarcane has become an object of increasing 
importance and value, and you may be able to meet with different varie- 
ties in the course of your cruise, and procure directions as to the mode of 
culture. It is very desirable that this branch of agriculture should not be 
lost sight of in your inquiries. 
The copy of a resolution of Congress, of the twenty-fifth of January, 
eighteen hundred and thirty, upon this subject, and the collection of veg- 
etables, grain, &c., is enclosed ibr your information and attention. 
There are many scientific, botanical, and agricultural institutions, to 
which your collections might be profitably intrusted, and by which, what- 
ever you procure, would ' be applied to the greatest advantage ; among 
them is the Columbian Institute of the city of Washington. 
This society, as well as the Treasury Department, has prepared direc- 
tions for the preservation of articles, and requested that they might be 
distributed among our naval commanders. In compliance with their 
wishes, I send you a few copies. 
As frequently as opportunities offer, you will report your proceedings 
to the department, transmitting copies of your official correspondence 
