I write now to get your assistance in checking so far as possible the spread of the Scab this side of Akitio -- if it comes up beyond that it will be right through the whole Hawkes Bay district in a very few months -- and almost universal ruin will be the result. The steps we wish to take and in which we want your help are as follows -- It appears that there is a piece of open country on the other side of the boundary of this Province and situate between the part of your run which you occupy to, and where the road now leaves the Coast on the other side of the Waimata from here -- Peacock describes it as having been partly scrub and now burnt and situate on the new road and on the Telegraph line -- It seems you have given Speedy permission to occupy this piece of ground and that his sheep are now in occupation. We want you to revoke the permission you have given Speedy and to authorise me as Superintendent to have the piece of country in question cleared