The stock looks well. A touch of foot rot among the wethers. The Akitio cattle stops well at the back and doing well and a great deall of good to the country. Old Campbell is making a nursery for his seeds. He is not abble to do much poor old man but what he does is well done from what I can se. He is much pleased with the soil. Poor Pa[o]ra Noi Noi died last Wednesday. No more of him. I am afraid his daughter will be giving some trouble. She has her husband with her from Poverty Bay. Poor old Pa[o]ra kept them a little in order altho laid up. Ihaka is not well. I must se them in a few days. I sent a few sheep and some sugar down when Pa[o]ra died. I should like to have a run up to Auckland as in another six weeks their will be a lot of planting going on such as willows and other kinds. It is dull hear at present and I want a change for a week or to. I have some honey to send to Wellington and a good number of turkeys which will be in good