124 Motor Schooner France April 1925 Saturday 1st Var obs and fine Bar 30.03 Horn up and moved to Govmt wharf. Sunday 5th Am Fine Pm strong SW Square Bar 30.11 Monday 6th SE to S2 Fine Bar 30.07 put ship on the ship and started to clean her bottom Tuesday 7th SE Gale showers Bar 30.07 scraping cleaning the bottom. Front worm entered in plankins & just bilge but not badly. 4 carpenters working squealing bits & replacing wormy plankins Wednesday 8th Weather and work as yesterday. Thursday 9th Showery SE Bar 30.06. Work as yesterday and scraping down Main Mast etc. Friday 10th Fine Bar 30.08 Good Friday No work. Saturday 11th Fine N2 with showers Bar 30.05 2 Carpenters working until noon Crew painting top lights. Sunday 12th Fine SE Bar 30.06 Monday 13th Fine with N showers Bar 30.07 Crew putting on first coat of Copper paint finish at 5 PM. Tuesday 14th Heavy showers Var. E by Bar 30.07. Gave ship the 2nd Coat Z Copper paint and got off the ship 11 am. Moved to Government Wharf & proceeded to Bend sail and get ready for sea. Wednesday 15th Started bending sail Showery Bar 30.06 Took aboard Stores etc Thursday 16th Fresh E2 Bar 30.06 Got ready for sea and cleared ship for Wallis Island leaving at 5 PM but delayed by Colonial office Took ship to an anchor light Watch at 7. Friday 19th WNW Bar 30.00 Fine Left Stava at noon & Pm Found a stowaway all he gone aboard, laid up seasick aboard with the knowledge of the crew. Pump lights looked 125 Motor Schooner France April 1925. Saturday 18th WNW to North Bar 30.10 Beating to windward Midnight Watch Ke B. NEE Dist 5 on Pump lights & Lookout attent to Ship making a little water. Sunday 19th Light t Mod NW to N Near Cap Lat 19 Ex S. Pump lights & Lookout attent To Monday 20th Fine WNW Bar 30.05 Employed cleaning paint work variously. I Mr Tacked ship off Naitamba. Found our stock of meat finished. 42 lbs in 3 days = 7 lbs of meat per man each day. Stowaway still sick. Saw bit that each man swallowed a dose of salts. Pump lights & Lookout attent to. Tuesday 21st 6 am Trailangalanga light 13 Sg Mod to light NW and Bar 30.05 Pump lights Lookout att to Wednesday 22nd Calm Light NW Bar 30.10 Employed cleaning ship variously Stowaway N2 gone still sick & Engineer Hicks still making up for lost sleep Nov Dist 16.23 S Long 178.32 W Pump lights Lookout attent to. Thursday 23rd Commencing with fierce lightning Heavy thunder der strong rain squalls and a strong ENE to NW Breeze freshening to a gale Bar 30.15. 6 Am in Jib & Beefed Main & Fore sail. Noon moderating set all sail Lat 14°51'S Long 177.16 W Current SW Dist 122 on Wallis Isl NW Dist 119 on Pump lights Lookout att to. Current setting SW Friday 24th Stormy S by E Bar 30.10. I PM sighted Wallis Isl. B. N. About at 8 Pm Dist 6 m. Beating to wind- ward during the night Pump lights Lookout att to. Saturday 25th Fresh SE to East Gale Bar 30.11. Sheped for the Passage and entered at 7 pm Night ebb and a heavy sea running. Anchored off Nue jetty in 8 fathoms Obtained practice and permission from the Resident Commissioner and the King to collect specimen Employed cleaning ship variously