36 second godown and I superintended the filling of a patch of swampy ground over which we must ext&nd the end of the aeroplane ramp. About 40 meters of ramp logs and a quantity of building timber brought in by the two bush gangs. Started to extend the tramline out to the end of the wharf to facilitate handing over caggo arriving by next boat. Yesterday I started negotiations with the Chinaman Po Eng Tie for a very fine building site on the waterfront. This is the only plave on which we could build a house commanding a view over the bay. May 3rd. 112 Papuans on payroll today, getting house and ramp timber, filling ramp site from quarry, laying tramway from go-downs to wharf, building godowns and barking timber for building. Framework of first godown fininshed and covering with galvanized iron commenced. The posts and two wall-plates set up on second godown (by Richardson) May 4th. Work crew still 112 without reckoning the Makassars--51 Sentani and 61 local coolies. Have 260 meters of logs suitable for ramp stringers, our total re- quirements being 380 m., and have timbers brought in for buildings and further filling and carpentering on the godowns. Sometimes I think progress is slow but actually things are going well. Negotiations with Po Eng Tie for a building site on the beach have broken down; my offer of f3 per month and the gift of the house when we leave having no attraction evidently. There being no other vacant spot suitable for a building from which the bay can be seen, I have sent by native messengers a letter to Mr. Schneider, missionary at Lake Sentani, asking if we can hire a mission house situated on the beach. This is an old house and in bad repair. It will be necessary to cover the galvanized roof with atap, repair the floor and outhouses and make some alterations to this house. A thorough cleansing with disinfectants