Wainwright Expedition Authorization Telegram

INTERNATIONAL CABLEGRAM

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
7 JANUARY 1893

TO: P. H. WAINWRIGHT
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
AUSTRALIA

COMMITTEE APPROVES MAURITIUS INQUIRY STOP PROCEED EARLIEST SUITABLE PASSAGE UNDER COVER GENERAL SURVEY CAVE FAUNA AND INLAND DEPOSITS STOP COPIES CROWTHER FOLIOS ONE TWELVE THROUGH ONE TWENTY SIX TO FOLLOW SECURE POST STOP LOCATE ORIGINAL DEPOSIT IF POSSIBLE STOP RECOVER REPRESENTATIVE REMAINS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DISTURBANCE STOP DETERMINE IDENTITY OF CROWTHER BIRD AND WHETHER SPECIES SURVIVED INTO CROWTHER PERIOD STOP RECORD SOIL LIMESTONE ROOT MATERIAL AND ALL LOCAL TESTIMONY HOWEVER CONTRADICTORY STOP DO NOT DISCLOSE SOCIETY INTEREST STOP EXPENSES AUTHORIZED WITHIN ORDINARY FIELD ALLOWANCE STOP REPORT PORT LOUIS ARRIVAL

HOLLOWAY
FOR COMMITTEE FIELD INQUIRY

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