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ness, the members of the shore party who had returned dispersed 

 to their respective duties in civil life, and the men who had joined 

 in New Zealand signed off temporarily for the winter. 



Refitting and laying up the ship was hurried on as rapidly as 

 possible and, by the help of the New Zealand Government, ar- 

 rangements were made for the ship's party to survey Admiralty 

 Bay in the Sounds. 



The party were boarded at an accommodation house near 

 French Pass and worked from motor launches, these latter being 

 fitted with the ship's Lucas sounding machines. 



The party consisted of thirteen, including officers, and three 

 hands remained in the ship at Lyttelton as ship-keepers. 



This work lasted from June 10 to October 15, when it was 

 necessary to return to Lyttelton to prepare for the coming relief 

 voyage. 



On the whole for that part of New Zealand the weather this 

 winter was unfavourable, but, in spite of this, a satisfactory 

 amount of work was carried out. 



On August 17 we had the great misfortune to lose Brissenden 

 by drowning. He was buried on the hillside overlooking the 

 bay, and a marble cross erected to his memory. Robert Brissen- 

 den was a first-class man, careful and reliable, besides being a 

 very good messmate, and his loss was very much felt by all. 



THE THIRD VOYAGE 



The ship left Lyttelton at 5 A.M. on December 14, 1912. A 



crowd of friends had collected to bid us farewell and 



Dec. 14, sent j } as t messages to our companions in Victoria 



1912. Lyttfl- r , 

 ten. Land. 



At 7 P.M. that evening we discovered a wretched 

 man stowed away in the lifeboat. On being questioned the stow- 

 away said he was a rabbiter and anxious to make a voyage in the 

 Terra Nova: he appeared to be about thirty-five years of age 

 and not very intelligent. As there was no object in taking this 

 man south we shaped course for the nearest port, Akaroa, in 

 order to land him. Fortunately, the Norwegian barque Triton 

 was sighted at midnight, and her courteous captain relieved us 

 of our stowaway, promising to land him in Dunedin. 



The programme for the third southward voyage included 



