82 Motor Schooner "France" April 1924. Tuesday 1st Light ½ Calms Bar 29.92 Employed Holy stowing hoops & variously Noon Lat 8°54'S Long 170°11'W Co S Ex S 3/4 E 57nm. Fahaofo B S & Dist 24m Calms & squalls. Pump Lights Lookout attended to. Wednesday 2nd Calms & variable airs & squalls 13.30-19.00 Arrived Fahaofo. Sighted Fahaofo B south at daybreak. Canoes and Governor alongside 7 am. Got permission to land and landed Stevedore party. Pump lights & Lookout att. to Engine used for 4 hours Thursday 3rd Various squalls with lightning, thunder strong wind and rain during the night Noon Bar 29.98. Official Logbook entry. "This morning at 5am the mate was missing and nobody seemed to know what had become of him. He took his watch at 8 pm and received his instructions for the night. During the bad weather in the middle watch I did not trouble him. I turned in at 3 am and coming on deck at 5 am found the ship standing out to sea with nobody in charge necessitating using the engine 3½ hours to get back to the landing. He came aboard again with the first boat at 9.30 am." H Henrick Master. Engine used 3½ hours Pm Calm. Pump Lights Lookout attended to Friday 4th Calms & Light NW airs Bar 30.52. First boat ashore at 7 am with men and guns. Came aboard again at 6.30 pm Calm. Pump lights & Lookout attended to Engine used 3 hours 83 Motor Schooner France April 1924 Saturday 5th Wb Mod to Light Breeze & Calms Bar 29.98 In swell. First boat ashore at 7 am with men & guns - Mr Bryan, Mr Corria skimming birds. Plenty visitors about wanting hoops matches etc. Medicine etc. Supplied in exchange of chicken and eggs what we could. Left for Pago Pago at 6 pm getting a send off by the natives in their canoes. Pumps lights Lookout att. to Engine used to hour. Left Fahaofo Sunday 6th E & E to East Light to Mod Breeze Bar 30.09 Noon Lat 9°58'S Long 171°13'W Co S½E Dist 36nm Course Steered SE½S. Pump lights Lookout att. to Monday 7th E & W Light to Mod Breeze Bar 30.03 Fine & clear SE swell Employed cleaning ship etc Noon Lat 11°14'S Long 170°50'W Co S Ex S 3/4 E 75nm Pump lights Lookout att. to. Tuesday 8th E & SE Mod to Fresh Breeze showing sky current Bar 30.03. 11 am Freshening to a gale from SSE-S First F.S. in Outer jet. Noon 2 Reef M.S. Heavy squalls with lightning & thunder. Lat 12°45'S Long 170°50'W Co S½E Dist 91nm Bar 29.90 Ship Head East. 10 pm Mod & gale Sth S38. SE F.S. Pump lights Lookout att. to. Wednesday 9th 8th Fresh Breeze SE swell, current sky Bar 30.07 Repaired Outer M.S & Outer jet carried away during the gale & variously engaged Noon Lat 13°22'S Long 170°24'E Co S×E Dist 74nm Malateva Point B South Dist 52 nm 6 pm Reefed down in Outer jet. Continuous lightning thunder and fierce rain squalls from all round the Compass Bar 29.88 Midnight Wind S getting light & moderate. Ships Head ESE Pump lights Lookout attended to.