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and draught of those which may accompany and form part of the 
Expedition ; or, in the event of the Niger and its tributaries not 
proving navigable for vessels of this size and draught, to proceed, 
either by land or water, to any place or places on their banks, or 
to any countries lying within a distance convenient to be reached, 
where, in the opinion of the Commissioners named in the accom- 
panying Commission, it may be important and advisable to treat 
with the native chiefs, in conformity with the main objects of 
this Expedition : and her Majesty having the fullest trust and 
confidence in your tried fidelity, zeal for the service, your prudence 
and ability, has, by the accompanying Commission under her 
Royal Sign Manual, been pleased to appoint you to be the 
Commissioners, to accompany and form part of the Expedition for 
the aforesaid purpose described ; and her Majesty has further been 
pleased to command me to give you the following instructions for 
your guidance : — 
1 , I am, in the first instance, commanded to impress upon you 
her Majesty's injunctions, that you act always, and in all points 
respecting your commission, cordially and in unison with each 
other. You will not withhold from each other the free expression 
of any variance of opinion ; but you will distinctly understand, 
that if, after due consideration, you cannot agree, the opinion of 
that gentleman is to prevail, whose name stands first in the Com- 
mission which her Majesty has been pleased to give to you. 
In such event, however, each dissentient will, if he sees sufficient 
reason, record, in writing, his opinion, for the information of her 
Majesty's Government. 
2, 3. The first commission, as commander of the naval portion 
of the Expedition, consisting of three of her Majesty’s steam- 
vessels, built expressly for this service, commanded respectively 
by the first, second, and third Commissioners, will receive instruc- 
tions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to take on 
board the fourth Commissioner, and proceed to the River Niger, 
touching at Sierra Leone and Cape Coast Castle. 
4. You will deliver to her Majesty's Governor of Sierra Leone, 
the letter addressed to him, which accompanies these instructions, 
you will explain to him and to her Majesty’s Commissioners of 
the mixed Commission Courts established in that colony, the 
