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Harbor, Oualashka Island.
[[left margin]] Port Clarence [[/margin]] At Port Clarence, a station consisting of one frame house, with towers and two houses of poles and lumber was erected   Here we left the party of thirty nine men with nearly a years supply of provisions   3100 Telegraph poles and 125 miles of wire with materials in proportion.

[[left margin]] Distribution of Men [[/margin]] Operators Telegraph Builders Foremen and Constructors were distributed as follows:

To Siberian Division at Ghijigha | 19 men
"[[ditto for Siberian]] do        do   " [[ditto/do for: To Siberian Division at]] Petropavski | 14 " m[[ditto for: men]]
"     do        do   " [[ditto/do for: To Siberian Division at]] Anadyr River | 19 " [[ditto for: men]]
"     do        do   " [[ditto/do for: To Siberian Division at]] Kelsey Station (Plover Bay) | 15 " [[ditto for: men]]
"  [[ditto for: To]] American Division " [[ditto for: at]] Port Clarence | 39 " [[ditto for: men]]
"     do        do   " [[ditto/do for: To American Division at]] Fort St Michael | [[underline]]27 " [[ditto for: men]][[/underline]]
                                 Total | 133 Men

The reports from various parties, of which copies are herewith furnished, are very complete and [[left margin]] Work Completed [[/margin]] encouraging   The work thus far completed, includes thorough and accurate explorations and location of routes through the entire length of the line proposed, with the exception of a short distance between Fort Yukon on the river of that name and the head waters of the [[Steekin?]] River in British Columbia. Stations have been erected at important points also buildings to shelter working parties on the lines. Men and material are distributed and

Transcription Notes:
Steekin could be Stikine