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date with our arrival at Seattle. At what rate of pay can you get thoroughly competent men. You thought they might be had for about $60.00 per month. That was the rate we paid in 1911. Their subsistence will be furnished and will be the regular Navy ration. 

Will you submit an estimate of the amount of gear you consider necessary for the period from April 15-June 30, counting on the four fishermen as the active workers, though we may be able to work in several of the sailors on board to good advantage. 

We have on board, at present, four (4) dories complete with oars, rollers and gurdies, about 8 skates of [[strikethrough]] l [[/strikethrough]] line with sufficient hooks and anchor lines, 6 kegs, and 3 stock anchors. This equipment will need considerable supplementing. 

Regarding the matter of bait, on our last cruise we used salt herring. Will it be necessary to take enough of this on board for the first several months, or can fresh bait be relied upon? Do such fish as are ordinarily discarded serve as good bait? 

We wish to go into this survey of the fishing banks in a strictly commercial manner, and in accord^[[ance]] with