6 accounted for in this a/c besides some £20 he owed for Brand and Pollard sold him three years ago. I was always warning Alex against him for I plainly saw from the way he was carrying on, drinking and coaxing others to do the same that all his kindness was fals[e], fearfully fals[e]. I myself told him and wrote to him never to gave any money to any one on our accounts without an order and I insist on Alexander to make him produce orders for all the cash matters. As for his goods account I can correct in one ittem in his calculation, sheep shears 8 @ 6/6 £5.12 in place of £2.12 and so on and some double c[h]arged. Altho I had my doubts about him I never thought he was so bad as that even 7 the pup he promises as a present he charged £3 for, that was nothing. It apears he has been doing so to others as well as us. He has even been c[h]arging the Government road party for things they never got and by all we hear all his best friends have found him out in his dirty tricks. If it was drunkenness he took very good care to make the mistakes on his own side. I just send this account of Ferguson so that you can see what kind of man he is. Alex will have to come in as a criditor for the ballance. When all is settled I will let you know. We have not done any thing by way of improvements up at the bush yet. I am very anxious to get up their for having the timber close at hand. I could do a great deal of work their myself in forming a place. The place down here begins to look well now