The Department of Interior said to-day that it had few details on the colonization programme but, believed the party had carried supplies sufficient for three months on the islands, Building materials and several types of plants also were taken to establish homes and erect other buildings connected with the administration of the islands and scientific observations to be carried out by Government experts.
The Coast Guard Service announced that the Taney would make frequent cruises between the islands and Haiwaii where supplies could be picked up for the colonists.
The majority of colonists, officials revealed, were scientific experts who will carry out important observation work under the leadership of Mr. Richard Black, field represent tive of the Department of Interior with headquarters in Honolulu. He already has conducted colonization activities on Howland, Baker and Jarvis islands, other important American islands along trans-Pacific airlines,
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