THE BOARD OF TRADE TELEGRAPH EXAMINATION. 29 you were in the Davis Strait, could you have laid it with perfect facility from Hamilton Inlet to Julianshaab with a steam vessel ? —With a steam vessel there would have been nothing in the world in the way. 3953. {Mr. S. Wortley.) What year were you there?—Last year, 1859. 3954. {Chairman.) You say that you would land a cable on the coast of Greenland, somewhere near Julianshaab. I presume in an inlet situated like Hamilton Inlet, with shelves of rock on each side, with a deep trench in the centre ?—Yes. 3955. But the precise inlet you have not yet selected ?—No, I have not. I saw many inlets that would answer. The bay or fiord at Julianshaab never freezes, and is clear of ice all the winter. Outside at sea in February and during the spring months, there is much ice floating, so thick that sailing vessels cannot get into the bays. The temperature of the weather at Julianshaab is maximum cold, thermometer 16° Reaumur, average 10°. 3956. What is the minimum in winter ?—I have not that down; it is never excessively cold; in summer 10° to 12° plus. 3957. Do you think there would be no difficulty from the anchors of fishing vessels or other vessels in the inlets near Julian- shaab ?—No ; there are not many of them. 3958. Assuming that you land your cable at Julianshaab, would you take it overland to the next point ?—That, in my opinion, is the best plan, upon present information. 3959. Have you been over that country to any extent?—I have penetrated further into the interior than perhaps ever had been done before north of Julianshaab. 3960. What description of country did you meet with ?—It is mountainous perhaps for some thirty or forty miles in the interior, covered with grass, green shrubbery, and small willows or birch, but very dwarfish. 3961. Not a rich soil?—It is too mossy to be considered a soil at all. In the interior, northward, I traversed some very extensive ice fields; the ice was flat and easy to walk over. 3962. To what point on the coast would you direct your land line on the east coast of Greenland ?—About the same latitude, or probably a little south of the latitude 61°. 3963. Do you anticipate that you would find a harbour there equally convenient for landing the cable ?—I saw open bays there, and hills of the same character as those upon the west coast, and no ice. 3964. Did you meet with no ice along the east coast when you were there ?—None. 3965. Has not the opinion generally been that there is always a

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