by man: but of this I cannot be sure. If a bad beginning signifies a good ending, the time of our landing at Hollandia was propitious. We arrived in rain, unloaded cargo between showers and ended up wet and tired in the hospital at 1.30 AM. The little township was "full" of people for the arrival of the ship. The rest house was occupied and the hospital was the only place available to ourselves and coolies for the night. Our cargo amounted to about 52 tons, as follows: European food, household gear, tools and building material. Timber purchased Sourabaia (camphor wood) and at Manokwari. Coolie rations from Makassar. About six Europeans, all Germans, (and the half-caste wives and progeny of some?) appeared on board the ship. We saw none of the half-caste Dutch who have settled here and, it is said, failed miserably. The gesagheber, Mr. Hoogland, was in bed with fever so sent his Javanese doctor to receive us and show us to our quarters. There were also 20 odd boys to carry our baggage. The chief of police, a German named Quirk (or a name like that) speaks little English and was imprisoned by the British in 1914 after the capture of a German possession on the Chinese coast. April 24th. Vacated the hospital and shifted to the house of Mr. Brinkman, situated next the beach, and though a low flooded ground on the riverbank, a convenient temporary residence and close-to the proposed site of our base. We are paying Brinkman $35 per month for his house and a rather shaky go-down next door. The latter building will serve as store and coolie-house. B is an expropriated German from NE New Guinea and has a cacao and kapok plantation behind Pim, about 10 km. down the coast. Found when our cargo came ashore last night that an awful mess had been made of in shipping the timber from Soerabaia. This timber, bought for the aeroplane, was invoiced as being in thickness of 10 and 20 cm., but was supplied in boards 2.5 cm. thick. It is therefore useless for the purpose for which it was purchased