40 Ebeli sent a request yesterday for 6 drums of gasoline for his [illegible] sawmill Ford engine. Upon looking through our stocks I found that all 238 x 10 gallon drums brought from Makassar are 87 aviation spirit. Radioed Ternate today for engine 150 gals. ordinary fuel for radio and for Ebeli. May 12th. Both timber gangs cutting floater wood for the cargo raft. 4 boys searching for rattan, which is hard to get. 4 boys commenced adzing ramp logs. Ramm finished concreting floor of the #2 godown. Richardson making doors for #2 godown. Mielcke dividing his time between the radio shack and rebuilding the mission kitchen. Self and 4 Makassars strengthening the old mission house. About an hour before noon 2 old Fokker seaplanes arrived on their regular 3-monthly patrol, having spent half an hour or so at Lake Sentani on their flight from Sarmi. One plane, the T-3, carried a complement of 2 pilots and 4 other ranks: the T-12 had one pilot and four men. These old planes, on their search for Japanese poachers, fly from Govt. station to Govt. station, armed with 3 machine guns and a load of bombs. Ramm, who went aboard the T-12, says he saw 4 x 200 kilo bombs and 16 x 40s. Radio operator Corporal Mueller came around to the houses with Ramm and stayed to dinner. May 13th Having refueled immediately after arrival yesterday, the seaplanes departed for Sarmi at 5.30 AM. Yesterday we received 3 baskets of sago each weighing 50 lbs. It was brought by Javanese doctor Roestamadji on his recent patrol, at 50 cents per basket and 5 cent transport charge. But for this timely arrival we should have had to buy from the Chinese rice for the 52 Sentani coolies. This afternoon a korano from somewhere down the bay came in with 11 more baskets of sago. A group of dis-satisfied Sentanis led by the head-boy, Thidures, assembled before the door this evening and asked to be fed rice for one meal daily and sago for 2 meals.