kind of good thing out of the gardin. If it was not for the potatoes and turnips those shearers Maories would eate us out of house and home. But what grows on the place is not mised. You must impress on Alex the necessity of improving the ewe by putting the sheep upon it now and if we can only fence in 1000 acres and get it under grass it is better than bantering with other peoples places. My own oppinion is by doing that will increase the value of this place and make it keep a large stock in time without the assistance of the Maori ground. Whenever the shearing is over I am going to the bush again to prepair timber for a dwelling house which I hope we will have up before the winter comes on. Do see and get the trees you mentioned in proper season and see and get some of the blue gum seed as I find it has done well with our neighbours. I hope and trust you will come down before long so that you can see what can be done about our sisters. I will write you again after the shearing is over all the news from here. I wrote Jessy some time ago but I have had no answer as yet. I hope she is well. I would like to hear from her as I often dream about him and her being very fond of them both. I hope my dear little Douglas