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leading from the old galley-room to the berth deck 

 must be modified, as the cold is too great at night and 

 causes the men to complain sadly. We therefore bored 

 sixteen Ik inch holes in the lower panel of each door, 

 which I hope will insure a proper supply of fresh air. 



Nindemann has up to this time occupied a cot hung 

 in the old galley-room. In order to move him into the 

 forecastle, I order a man transferred from one of the 

 after berths to one of the vacant forward ones. This 

 brings the transferred man too near the stove, which is 

 in the eyes of the ship, and we must move the stove to 

 the middle of the berth deck and carry the mess table 

 forward. These additions to the carpenter work of the 

 ship necessitate taking Nindemann off watch and add- 

 ing him to the carpenter gang. During past week the 

 engineer's force has been employed in scaling and 

 cleaning the port boiler, and overhauling and laying 

 up the engines. The coal return for the past week is 

 as follows : — 



Galley . . . 1,000 lbs. = daily average, 142& lbs. 

 Cabin . . . 360 lbs. = daily average, 51f lbs. 

 Berth Deck . 440 lbs. = daily average, 62f lbs. 



Total, . . 1,800 lbs. = daily average, 257i lbs. 

 Amount of coal remaining on hand, . llO^flf tons. 



As coal is the most precious article which we have on 

 board ship, its economical use is a matter of paramount 

 importance. To bring about the utmost economy, I 

 have concluded to put the whole affair in the charge 

 of Chief Engineer Melville, and to give him entire cog- 

 nizance of all stoves, the galley, and the issue and ex- 

 penditure of fuel. I have therefore given him a writ- 

 ten order to that effect. 



At 10.30 A. ^i. perform divine service. At noon we 



