5 voltaic decomposition of water, an odorous 
1 evolved at the positive pole of the battery; 
e preserved for some time in well-closed vessels, 
elementary body, and on account of its peculiar 
will be accompanied by their wives and daughters. Musical 
and other entertainments best calculated to vary and relieve the 
strain of study will form a prominent feature of life at sea and 
in port. 
THE DIRECTOR. 
The Director will have sole and exclusive control and man¬ 
agement of the expedition as herein set forth. 
TRUSTEES AND FINANCE. 
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For the guardianship and protection of the interests of the 
expedition and all engaged in it, five members of the Faculty, 
Prof. Burt G. Wilder, Commander John W. Philip, U. S. N., 
Prof. William J. Herdman, Gen. Daniel Macauley, and Prof. 
W. L. B. Jenney, will act as Trustees. They will examine the 
ship, her equipment, outfit, and supplies of all kinds, and deter¬ 
mine the quality and quantity required for the voyage. They 
will be the judges, throughout the entire tour, of the proper and 
sufficient fulfillment of the conditions of the expedition, and 
will enforce the strictest practicable conformity to them. They 
will receive and hold, during the two. years absence, and until 
the return to New York, the charter of the vessel, thus becoming 
the custodians of it and its outfit. They will also have exclusive 
possession and control of all the funds of the expedition, derived 
from the membership fees of students, as follows: 
Booking Fee .. .....$ 500 
Payment August ist, 1877.2,000 
Payment September 15th, 1877 ..2,500 
Total.$5,000 
These funds will be held in trust by the Trustees, and disposed 
of by them in the manner following: After deducting $30,000 
for an inland excursion fund, they will pay over to the Director, 
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