134 Motor Schooner "France" June - July 1925. Thursday 25th We lost sight Bar 30.10 Sea going down. Mr Gowan & Hicks out working the rest playing at chess Ship Norn Lat 21°32'S Long 174°33'W 84m Sx 2¾ E Course Silt Tonga End 156 m. Started fire Friday 26th Calm Bar 30.10. Sighted Tonga at daybreak 9 am 10am light airs from S W Stopped Engine & set all sail Tonga Tabu B. We x 2 Dist 80 m Employed cleaning ship Pumps lights, lookout ate 5. Jinnie ran 6 hours Saturday 27th S E Mist. Breeze Fine Bar 30.10. Sighted Tonga at daybreak 9 am Started Engine & Anchored off Mukualofa wharf at 11 am in 12 Fathoms 20 Fathoms In passing the British Man of war at anchor exchanged courtesies and their band played Our Director March 15 min obtained Portraits. Pump Anchor light Watch attended to. Eng 2 h Sunday 28 Dist 3½ after a calm morning Bar 30.06. Crew without type shore were arrived Pump light started at 5. Yacht La France has this day cleared for Ata and Eua or any other Island in the Tongan Group, the vessel must not return to this Group on any account after visiting Niue & Lofa Islands. Mukualofa 8th July 1925. Robert M Berry Chief Clerk Customs Mukualofa M.M.CUSTOMS TONGA ISLANDS Monday 29th Variable Overcast Bar 29.90. Cleaning ship etc Bar falling. Pump Anchor watch & light attended to. Tuesday 30th N W° Quartern with drizzly rain Bar 29.75 Mr & Mrs Beck arrived by the Tofua & the Crew immediately on his arrival made silly complaints about not having Coffee kept hot for them etc Pump & light attended to. Watchman asleep on duty. 135 Motor Schooner "France" July 1925 Wednesday July 1st Sir to S. Bar 29.85 Employed variously picking bush etc Pump Anchor light Watch attended to Thursday 2nd SW Fresh breeze Bar 30.10. employed as yesterday. Watchman Mr Gowan failed to come ashore for me at 10 PM as instructed being asleep on duty. After leaving ship for 1½ hour found a boat anchored out from the wharf. Pump Anchor light attended to. Friday 3rd Sir Fresh Breeze Bar 30.15. Opening of Tonga Parlia- ment. Ship dressed to best at the chief Pupta ate 6. Saturday 4th SW Fresh Breeze Bar 30.15. Independence Day and the Crown Prince of Tongas Birthday. Ships dressed. Pupta ate 6. Sunday 5th SW Fresh Breeze Bar 30.15 Pump attended to. Monday 6th SW Fresh breeze employed variously. Crew refusing to cut firewood and causing me trouble otherwise, left the wharf to make room for a large steamer Pump light & lookout Tuesday 7th Mist to Fresh NE° to NW wind Bar 29.90. Crew still refusing to cut firewood and to do any other work be- cause there is no food. Galley not going for want of firewood cook can not cook. This is the result of not paying them off who they gave notice of wanting to leave on Mr Becks return to the ship. Pupta ate 7. Wednesday 8th NW to SW Strong Breeze Bar 29.94. 10.30 am left for Eua Island Mr Gowan missing & another boy aboard in his place (Johns) 5PM off Eua landing went in with rain. Started ashore to for the night Pump light lookout attended to Engine worked 2 hours. Thursday 9th A very rough night wind shifting in rain squalls between SW° & SW. 6 am landing to Eua. Shook out reefs to get under the land. 11 am passed landing. To much surf to land. Started on and anchored in Eua Passage at 5 PM Pump light lookout attended to Engine ran ½ hour Friday 10th Wind still NE° Bar 30.00 Sky overcast 7 am got under way. Left landed party at Eua wind SW- S a heavy sea. All ashore at 5 PM when stood off for the night Pump light & lookout attended to Engine ran 3 h