19"] CONSUMPTION OF COAL 231 



Coal Consumption 



Bowers reports that present consumption (midwinter) = 4 blocks 



per day ( 100 lbs.). 

 An occasional block is required for the absolute magnetic hut. 

 He reports 8>4 tons used since landing. 

 This is in excess of 4 blocks per day as follows : 

 8^ tons in 150 days =127 lbs. per diem. 



= 889 lbs. per week, or nearly 8 cwt. 

 = 20^ tons per year. 

 Report August 4. 



Used to date = 9 tons = 20,160 lbs. 

 Say 190 days at 106 lbs. per day. 

 Coal remaining 20j^ tons. 



Estimate 8 tons to return of ship. 



Total estimate for year, 17 tons. We should have 13 or 

 14 tons for next year. 



A FRESH MS. BOOK 



Quotations on the Flyleaf 



'Where the (Queen's) Law does not carry it is irrational to exact 

 an observance of other and weaker rules.' — Rudyard Kipling. 



Confident of his good intentions but doubtful of his fortitude. 



' So far as I can venture to offer an opinion on such a matter, the pur- 

 pose of our being in existence, the highest object that human beings can 

 set before themselves is not the pursuit of any such chimera as the annihi- 

 lation of the unknown ; but it is simply the unv/earied endeavour to re- 

 move its boundaries a little further from our little sphere of action.' — 

 Huxley. 



Wednesday, June 28. — The temperature has been hovering 

 around — 30° with a clear sky — at midday it was exceptionally 

 light, and even two hours after noon I was able to pick my way 

 amongst the boulders of the Ramp. We miss the Crozier Party. 

 Lectures have ceased during its absence, so that our life is very 

 quiet. 



Thursday, June 29. — It seemed rather stuffy in the hut last 

 night — I found it difficult to sleep, and noticed a good many 

 others in like case. I found the temperature was only 50°, but 



