1912] on the Total. Eclipse of the Sun, April 1011. 



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their names. Activity was displayed not only in giving lectures to 

 make known the kind of assistance that was required, but subsequently 

 in arranging the different branches of work among the volunteers. 

 The following list shows the sub-division of labour as finally adopted 

 for my party, but it must not be forgotten that several officers and 

 men in addition to the above assisted Father Cortie's party. 



Distribution op Work. 



OflQcers Men 



6-incli Prismatic Camera Group. Dr. Lockyer in charge 

 10-foot Concave-Grating Spectrograph Group. Mr. McClean 

 in charge ......... 



4-inch Corouagraph Group. ]\Ir. Brooks in charge 

 6-inch Steward Eql. Group. Mr. Anderson in charge . 

 Photographer Group. IMr. Winkelmann in charge 

 Eclipse Clock Group. Capt. Colomb, r.n., in charge 

 Shadow Band Observing Group : — 



On Ship, Comm. Mellor, r.n., in charge . 



At Camp, Eng. -Lieut. Weeks, b.n., in charge . 

 ,, Lieut. Billing, r.m.l.i., in charge 

 Small Cameras, Landscape Moon Shadow, Stars, Animals : 



At Camp, Staff-Surgeon Milln, r.n., in charge . 



On Ship, Comm. Mellor, r.n., in charge . 



Muikilekila, P.O. Taylor, in charge . 



Talau Hill, C.P.O. Corral in charge . 

 Disk and Corona Sketching Group. Lieut. Hunt Grubbe, r.n 

 in charge ........ 



Meteorology. Lance-Corp. Beirne in charge . 

 Chronograph Record. P.O. A, J. Davis in charge . 



TotoZ.— Officers 

 Men . 



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Vavau was reached on April 2, and the anchor was let go off 

 Neiafu, the chief town, at 3.40 p.m. 



The medical officer of health reported that Vavau had recently 

 been suffering from an epidemic of measles, that there were still a 

 few cases, one of them being a European. This condition suggested 

 at once that a camp some distance from Neiafu would be preferable 

 to one in or near the village, not only for my own party but for the 

 ship's company. As a matter of fact there was no site in the town 

 that could have accommodated our large camp, for the Australian 

 observers had pitched their tents on the only large site cleared. 



For some time I had had in my mind as a possible site a spot 

 marked on the chart as a good position for an Admiralty coaling- 



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