improved. You would hardley know them to be the same country. Their are three more paddocks fenced since you were hear so that we are well of for room for the rams. There is a great demand for them this year. If we had them all that were here is sold and could have sold a great maney more. We had Duncan Cameron from Wairapa [crossed out] Wairrapa looking for rams. He may take the rams that came from the south and a few of the station rams. Old Reid has bought the horse and I am glad that he has. Old Paul is away to the bridge to a Maori doctor. I went to se him the other day but he is no better. He soon will be back again. I have sown a great deal of blue gum seed this year and allso halfe an acre of tobaco seed. If it does well it is useful for washing the young rams to kill ticks which does them a great deall of harm in fact all sheep would be the better of a dip after shearing. They are all for shearing. We comence hear on the first of November.