neighbours are troublesome. Our sheep or their sheep are allways mixing with ours. We must fence. I am afraid the lambing will not be so good this year. The winter and spring has been so severe we have not cut the spring lambs as yet. The horses and mares are doing well. Old Salute has a good filly foall. The Maid of Islay is near the foaling. We have four foals and we have a good number of calfes from the Poverty Bay cattle. I hope you will be abble to come hear at shearing or before if it was only for three days. How about the natives for the payment for the grass. They bother me much at times. Do not buy aney furniture for the Moananui as I have