The Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation Ltd. Feilding 25 Novr. 1876 My dear Sir Donald I have to thank you for your telegram re Mr. Broomhall's proposed settlement and I have been thinking about your suggestion that the Block above the Corporation Land might suit him. If there is a sufficient area and a fair proportion of open country I think it would do. As to these points I will get all the information I can in the first instance from the sons of Major Marshall, and if their account is satisfactory I will run up there myself immediately and report to you fully. The next, and vital question, is the means of access. As to this I see no very great difficulty. From the best information obtainable I reckon that the Block to which I refer is about 30 miles from Feilding Town Northwards. The most practicable and level route lies between the Orowa and Kiwitea streams, the latter of which runs through the heart of the Block.