10 ISLAND GROUP COLLECTOR DATE Simbo (?=Narovo) Solomons Beck,Hamlin Oct. 26-28,1927 Richards & Drowne Gizo Oct. 29 - Nov. 3 Bagi Nov. 4 - 7 Vella Lavella Nov. 8 - 16 Choiseul Nov. 18 - 28 Shortland Islands Nov. 30 - Dec. 3 Treasure (= Mono) Dec. 6 - 7 "Whitney Islands" Dec. 8 - 9 Shortland Dec. 12 - 16 Bougainville Dec. 19 -25 Hamlin, Drowne & Richards Dec. 26 - Feb. 26 1928= New Ireland New Britain, Rabaul Beck alone Jan. 11 - 13. 1928 Samarai, New Guinea Jan. 14 - Feb. 7 Feb. 14 [Beck leaves Exp'd taking log of "France" with him, Feb. 1928 - Ship picks up Drowne, Hamlin & Richards at Kieta, Bougainville on March 12 and they go to Rabaul reaching there March 20. No appreciable collecting takes place in this period. Drowne and Richards leave expedition. Mr. & Mrs. Beck later went on to Sydney and even later collected in New Guinea. Buka Solomons Hamlin April 5 - 14 1928 Bougainville April 16 - May 10 Cema May 11 Shortland May 12 Rendova May 19 - 26 Gizo May 27 - June 1 New Georgie June 5 - 22 Kicha June 23 Gatukai (?) June 24 - 30 Rua Dika July 3 Tulagi, Clevuga Is. July 4 - 14 Vangunu July 17 - 20 Auckland July 21 - Aug. 1 Tetipari Aug. 3 - 10 Tulagi Aug. 16 - 23 Rennell Louiside Arch. Aug. 27- Sept. 7 Samarai, New Guinea Sept. 13 - Oct. 5 Hastings Lucisiade Arch. Oct. 8 East Oct. 10 - 11 Alcester Oct. 12 - 13 Woodlark D'Entjrecasteaux Oct. 13 - 24 Gawa Oct. 26 Dugumen (MarshallBennett) Oct. 27 Iwa Oct. 29 - 31 Kaileuna Trobiand Nov. 1 - 4 Kiriwina Nov. 5 - 8