142 Motor Schooner "France" August 1925 7. Sunday 16th ESE Fresh Breeze Bar 30.18 Noon Lat 15° 5' S Long 174° 51' W Wind to N.W. x N Dist 34 m 6 Pm have to off Ongaha Pump lights Lookout attended to. 8 Monday 17th ESE Fresh Breeze Bar 30.20. 6.30 am off Ongaha & landed mail. to rough to another & proceeded to Fotee where anchored & landed party at 4.30 Am. All aboard at 6 Pm Pump Anchorage light attended to. Engine worked 1/2 hour. Tuesday 18th ESE Fresh Breeze Bar 30.15. Party landed at 6 am returned at 6 Pm when here up and left for Boseaven & went SSE with a heavy N.E swell. Reef in M.S & C.Y. in Sth. Mr. Pump lights Lookout attended to. Wednesday 19th ESE Bar 29.99. All sail Noon Lat 14° 5' S Long 175° 14' W C x N x E Dist 49 m. Pm falling light with rain. 5 Pm Heavy SSE square squalls in to a hard gale with Biting raining squalls & getting up a wicked sea. In jibs and Joute reefed M. & F. sails. Carried away lee bolt for stay sail sheet. Rep. Temporary & head reached Eastward during the night Pump lights Lookout attended to. Thursday 20th SSE Moderating Bar 30.00. All sail on at 8 am Noon Lat 14° 26' S Long 174° 28' W CSE x N Dist 46 m Boseaven BNE 3/4 E Dist 53m Pm Falling light. Pump lights Lookout attended to. Friday 21st Mod SE Fresh Br breeze Bar 30.08 Employed Cleaning painting the rep. jib Noon Lat 15° 33' S Long 174° 46' W CSE x N Dist 70 m Boseaven B E 3/4 S Dist 57m Pm Falling light From M.S & repaired Pump lights Lookout attended to. 143 Motor Schooner "France" August 1925 Saturday 22nd Calms Light SE airs Employed scraping portside etc Noon Lat 15° 09' S Long 174° 34' W C x N x E Dist 27 m Boseaven BSE x E Dist 60 m Pm Mod SSE breeze Pump lights Lookout attended to. Sunday 23rd ESE Moderate Bar 29.98 Noon Lat 15° 15' S Boseaven BSE 4/2 Dist 33 m Pump light Lookout attended to. Monday 24th SSE fine Bar 29.97. 6.30 am Started engine & Anchored off NE point of Boseaven Island in 10 fathms at 10.30 Am & landed party. Pump and Light Watch attended to. Tuesday 25th NNE fine Bar 29.93 Party landed at 6 am. Aboard at noon when left for Koppel & where anchored and landed party at 1.30 Pm Pump and light Watch attended to. Engine worked yesterday & today 5 1/2 hours Wednesday 26th SSE fine Bar 30.05 Party landed at 6 am All aboard at 1.30 Pm when here up & left for Euna. Note Have been anchored over a mile from the shore and absolutely nothing but specimen of birds collected have been brought aboard. Pump lights Lookout attended to. Thursday 27th S Light Smooth Bar 30.08 Cleaning ship Noon Lat 15° 56' S Long 175° 12' W C N x E S Dist 48 m Pm Nearly Calm pump lights Lookout attended to. Friday 28th SSE Fine Bar 30.08 Scraping decks & painting Bulwarks Noon Lat 16° 26' S Long 176° 5' W C N x E Dist 86 m Pump lights Lookout attended to. Saturday 29th DSE Fresh Breeze Bar 30.08 SW swell Noon Lat 16° 26' S Long 178° 51' W C N x E Dist 125 m. Waitangalanga B SSW Dist 27 m, H Pm Light breeze B. S. Dist 11 m Pump lights Lookout attended to. Sunday 30th DSE Fine SSW SW swell Noon Here N x S. 6 Pm. Mosquito Net. Pump lights Lookout attended to.