well to get the Telegraph on to Waotu or somewhere in that direction and I am working at it steadily and will lose no chance. Ngatiraukawa were according to my arrangement with Maihi to hold a Meeting first to discuss Telegraph and Roads among the whole Tribe. Then he was to communicate with me and measures were then to be taken to start the works. As you know pushing these things to extremes does no good - but I will lose no time when I get the chance. I see Sir G. Grey talks of coming here with you, perhaps it is only his usual himbug - old Tollemache is expected I believe in the Ashley - I wish Grey wd. sign some Deeds he has to execute connected with my Run. He has had the Deeds in his hands for a long time and I can get no answer from him. There is nothing wanted of him except that for some legal reason he has to be a party to these Deeds and sign his name. About Sir T. Gore Browne's land at Clive - Rhodes is very anxious about it and wants you to secure it for him. He wanted me to write some things about it which I could not as they were not correct, but I advised Whittaker for Browne, as favorably as I could fairly in Rhodes' interest. What Rhodes wants is a very long lease at same rental as the past i.e. £300 a year.