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for Expeditionen^ Istandbringelse og tiltraadte i det
Væsentlige de af Forslagsstillerne udtalte Anskuelser.
Da Departementet for det Indre var enig i
Marine-Departementets Udtalelse, at Expeditionen Bestyrelse
eventuelt burde underlægges Directionen for den geografiske
Opmaaling, anmodedes denne under 15de October 1874 om at
indkomme med detaljeret Overslag over de Omkostninger,
som Expeditionen vilde udkræve. Dette Overslag indsendte
Direktionen under 8de Marts 1875. og under 23de samme
Maaned indgik Regjeringen med underdanigst Instilling i
Sagens Anledning.’ Da samtlige indhentede Betænkninger
gik ud paa, at det vilde være hensigstmæssigst, at der blev
bygget et til Expeditionen særlig indrettet Fartøj, og da
Directionen i sit ovennævnte Overslag ogsaa satte dette
som første Alternativ, optoges det i Indstillingen, idet
Departementet underdanigst androg om, at der for Storthinget
maatte blive fremsat naadigst Proposition om Bevilgning af
en Sum af 61,500 Spd. (246,000 Kroner) til Anskaffelse
af Skib med Rig, af Instrumenter og Inventarium samt til
forberedende Arbejder. Denne Indstilling blev bifaldt ved
kongelig Resolution af 30te Marts 1875,
Den 2^de og 21de Maj behandledes Sagen i
Storthinget. hvis Beslutning gik ud’paa. at Expeditionen skulde
udføres med lejet Fartøj, idet følgende af Repræsentanten
Haugland fremsatte Forslag vandt de fleste Stemmer:
"Til Anskaffelse af Apparater, Instrumenter m. V.
samt til første Aars Drift af en videnskabelig Expedition
til Undersøgelse af den Del af Atlanterhavet, der omsluttes
af Norge, Færøerne, Island, Jan Maven og Spidsbergen,
bevilges for Budgetaaret fra 1ste Juli 1875 til 30te Juni
1876 indtil .20,000 Spd."
Da Expeditionens .Udførelse saaledes var besluttet,
blev Kaptein i Marinen C. Wille, der i en Række Aar
havde ledet Dyblodningerne udenfor Norges Kyst som Chef
for Oplodningsdampskibet "Hansteen", og som havde
assisteret Opmaalingsdirectionen ved Udarbeidelsen af det
ovennævnte Overslag over Expeditionens Kostende, af
Departementet for det Indre overdraget Forberedelserne til dens
Udrustning, hvilke tog sin Begyndelse 10 Dage efter at
Storthingets Beslutning var faldt, med at Capt. Wille rejste
til England, dels for at konferere med Chefen for
"Challenger," Capt. Nares, der om kort Tid skulde afgaa med
den Britiske Polar-Expedition, dels for at gjøre de
forberedende Skridt til Anskaffelse af Apparater og
Instrumenter.
Opmaalingsdirectionen foranstaltede derefter udstedt
Indbydelse i de offentlige Blade saavel her i Riget som
i Sverige til Anbud paa Bortleje af Fartøj. Der
indkom Tilbud fra Rederierne for 11 Dampskibe, blandt hvilke
the same and superintend her equipment. The aforesaid
authorities were unanimous in favour of the Expedition, aild
shared in the main the views set forth by the proposers
in their Memorial.
The Department for Home Affairs agreeing with the
Navy Department that the general management of the
Expedition should devolve on the Directors of the
Geographical Survey, the latter were desired, in a communication
bearing date October the 15th. 1874-. to prepare a statement
of the probable outlay which such an Expedition would
involve. On March the 8th, 1875, the Directors sent in their
estimate, and on the 23rd of the same month His Majesty’s
Government brought the subject before the Privy Council
in a formal proposition. The several declaratory statements
from the above-mentioned authorities being to the effect,
that it would be best to have a vessel built specially
adapted for the Expedition, and the Directors of the
Geo-grapical Survey having in their estimate also pronounced
in favour of that alternative, it was advocated in the
Government proposition, the Home Department most respectfully
Submitting, that application should be made to the
Storthing for a grant of Spd. 61,500 (Kr. 246.000), to defray
the cost of a fully equipped vessel, including instruments
and preliminary expenses. This proposition was approved
by an Order in Council, b.earing date March the 30th, 1875.
On the 20th and 21st of May, the subject was
deliberated in the Storthing, the issue of the debate being that
a vessel should be chartered for the Expedition, the House
declaring in favour of the following motion, brought forward
by the representative Haugland: —
"For the purchase of instruments, apparatus, &c.,
and for defraying the current expenses of the first year’s
cruise of a Scientific Expedition to the tract of ocean
stretching’ between Norway, the Færoe Islands, Iceland,
Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen, the Storthing doth hereby
grant for the financial year commencing July the 1st, 1875,
and terminating July the 1st, 187i. a sum not exceeding
Spd. 20.000 (4.444/.)
The State having accordingly resolved to despatch
an Expedition. Captain C. Wille, R. N., who, as
commander of the "Hansteen," a steamer built for the Norwegian
coast survey, had been engaged in conducting deep-sea
soundings off the coast, and who had assisted the Directors
of the Geographical Survey when preparing their estimate
of the cost of the Expedition. - was appointed by the Home
Department to take the preparatory steps for fitting her
out; and two days after the assent of the Storthing had
been given, Capt. Wille left for England, partly that he
might there confer With the captain of the "Challenger,"
G. S. Nares, whp jps shortly to set out on the British
Polar Expedition, partly to arrange for the purchase of
apparatus, instruments, &c.
Soon after Capt. Willems departure, the Directors of
the Geographical Survey invited ship-owners, both in this
country and in Sweden, by advertisements in the public
journals, to make offer of a vessel for the Expedition. The number
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