have no doubt our little settlement will, in consequence, assume a better and healthier appearance. At present it is impossible, without the assistance of a surveyor, to know where any of the back streets are, they being mostly cultivated, or used for cow-sheds, or pig-sties; and in some instances, duck ponds, an irregularity that imperatively calls for redress. You will be glad to hear that my brother is appointed here as Commissioner, and expects soon to commence duty. W. Carrington thinks of going to England about his eyes, but I fear it is late in the day. On this subject I am personally apprehensive, and therefore should be glad to follow a calling that would net take me out at all hours and all seasons. My eyes are very weak, but thank God, my sight is not affected. William Stewart expects to receive the sack from you, and when you return, I have a complaint to lodge against him and Medland. Hoping you are well, and that this may pick you up at Wellington, in