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a surplus of £10,000 -- which is 4,000 more than they had several years 
ago. 
Tugi still uses the lighter I gave him & is always asking someone to fill it 
for him! 
Fisher of the B-M has recently been to Nukualofa & Eua - doing some 
sort of writing & incidentally collecting land shells. 
Spencer has gone to N.Z. Kosi, who was mate on the Fetunaho when 
we went to Falcon, was also here this evening. 
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The Fetunaho is temporarily in the slip for repairs. 
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The [[underline]] Tui Toga [[/underline]] is really a fine boat with good 
accommodations -- First class passage Suva to Nuknalofa is £5-0-0; 
2nd class £2-15-0; deck passage £1-0-0. I wish we could have taken 
her! Old 
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Fotu stayed on board like a good skipper. Fie is now 60 years old with 
40 years of sailing to his credit. Never has he touched a reef - in spite of 
the fact that he cannot shoot the sun! Fie apparently is the only 
"uneducated" skipper allowed to sail between the groynes. 
Tongan is certainly a soft and melodious language when compared with 
Fijian - even with Lanan. No Fijian being spoken tonight. Willy is 
apparently taking care of all the visitors - leading them from home to 
home. He drops in here now & again to see how the yangona is holding 
out. 
The [[underline]] Tui Toga [[/underline]] sails in the morning. Its 
[[underline]] pouring [[/underline]] rain tonight. 
Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
Transcribed and Reviewed by Digital Volunteers 
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