28th B. Richardson 1938 General Account with godown construction and filling and grading about the building site. A radio gram from Bend Joddy "Dyako from boat". This is 6 month later than we had anticipated. It is to our advantage in many ways for we will not have to worry about having quarters for them off a while. Today Mr. Schneider called in answer to a post. Mr. Brass wrote to him yesterday. He has consented to rent us his mission home for 15 guilders a month. This is to be remodelled into living quarters for six or more white men. The house will require considerable renovating and remodeling to make it livable. May 6 Hollandia New Guinea Today has been a continuation of the previous days work. The two godowns are rapidly approaching completion; the first one is complete except for the door; the second is framed and half the exterior walls are up. Brass has been in charge of a renovation of the house we are renting from Mr. Schneider. A clearing out of the refuse and a bath in hot water and creolin is well under way. Brass has found it necessary to replace some of the joints and floor plates as well as the floor. Willeke began cutting the timber for the radio shack. This radio shack unlike the godowns will be built of white steel rather than steel iron. The evening we had a visit from Mr. Boydland and the police officer and Mr. Kose the doctor. He proved to be the only white man in Hollandia, the latter is a Malay? May 7 Hollandia New Guinea Nothing unusual happened today, the work progressing as we might expect. The godowns are nearing