Jack Sheridan log books

28 Thursday Sent the Kangaroo to [illegible text]. JS paid 7/7 passage RM Hawker Clare Bunyan 29 Friday JS to town. Glen away to Broken Hill & put one man in his place. 30 Saturday Glen away. 1 December Sunday Glen away.

2 Monday Glen away. 3 Tuesday Glen away. 4 Wednesday Glen return to Portonian.

5 Thursday Glen started working. 6 Friday Glen working on Portonian. 7 Saturday Glen at work 3 hours.

9 Monday Glen painting outside Portonian. Got //2 gallon paint ¾ oil 1//2 2 inch nails. Paid cheque £25 to Earny. Weather very hot.

14 Saturday Paid cheque G Henrickson Lab Maldon wages £2-2-0 due [illegible text]. Guano taken by crew of Protector at Sisby Island. By cash 2-0 Cheque 2-2-0 = £2-4-0. Fine clean light SE. Bar 30-35. 15 Sunday Fine light SE.

February-Cash Account Dr. 2 coil rope £ 2 Paid for rope 8 Ketch Maldon Lewis & paint 4 tins 2 gallons paint oil 6 Cash for sailors 5 3 Book & sundries 4 6 Paper & pen & ink 2 - Stores 3 17 - Register & Bill of Sale [illegible text] 2 6 - Sundries store at Kingscote 1 18 0

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August-Cash Account Mr J Sheridan 5 - [Illegible text]Land tax 3 10 7 Passages 2 11 6 Self 2 - WR [illegible text] 3 10 10 Ina 7 18 6 Self 5 - [Illegible text] 1 17 6 1 Case Sullivan 12 - Self 5 - Post Office 12 Self 1 - Self 2 - Light 3 10 Self 2 - Stenhouse Bay Bates 3/6 extra 2 1 8 2 Bead [illegible text] 8 Morfatt 6 - 1 [illegible text] Bead Sundries 5 - Baker 5 - Nelsie 2 - [Illegible text] stores 1 15 6 Sultana 2 - 76 8 1 24 13 101 1 1

September -Cash Account Maldon Lewis 325 9 Earny Cash 100 - Jenkins slip 17 - - Elder Smith 86 - Insurance 22 14 - Guano 87 7 2 AW Sandford 2 - - Gauno Wool 102 1 1 Ship stores 3 17 - Guano 109 11 2 Wages Maldon Lewis 16 - - Investigator 93 18 6 EA Sheridan 25 - - Guano & [illegible text] 139 16 Interest 11 1 - Wool 16 14-11 EA Sheridan 5 - - Insurance 190 - Wages crew 17 3 2 925 8 10 EA Sheridan 5 - - 126 Lewis 5 - - 799 8 10 Lewis 1 13 6 795 1 11 [Illegible text] Oil Comp 4 11 6 10 6 11 Fletcher 7 14 Wage M Lewis 5 - - Good Butcher 3 8 7 Worlatt Butcher 2 4 3 EAS 15 925 Pretty John 4 8 - 216 [Illegible text] Land 10 1 8 709 Tug Comp G[illegible text]Island 2 5 0 Tug 746 Sandford 2 15 9 37 Light dues 1 13 9 Nelson Crew wages 6 13 8 J Rise 1 18 0 Hardy 2 4 - Hughes 1 16 6 Hardy 1 3 1 Sandford 3 - [illegible text] meals 1 - - Sandford 1 - Port Victoria [illegible text] store 4 5 - Wages Crew 5 9 10 J Smith shop 1 5 - Golly Meat 1 - Thomas shop 2 10 [illegible text] Crew 1 15 Cheque Boot 2 6 Gu 4 10 8 Wages 22 2 4 20 10 0 Wages 22 2 1 Meals 4 6 Wages 12 18 - 20 14 6 E Sheridan 14 - - Hascarfe 1 19 6 Earny 80 746 Store 7 17 - JS 80 160 [Illegible text] oil Comp 2 7 4 160 £566 EA Sheridan 14 - - Fletcher 7 5 3 645 11 10

November – Cash Account 1917 November 10. Ketch Ina wrecked on Sisby 2.30 am. All hands safe 13 hours went on dingy to Port Lincoln & 4 hands left again same day in Investigator for Port Adelaide & on hand Jack the Russian. [Illegible text] tobacco 3/6 & matches Tobacco 2-7 6-2 Soap 2 6-4

6/8 per day [Equations] To pay up to date [illegible text] 6-13-8.