up a satisfactory programme. The Welln. clique as usual threatens to give trouble with their Loan. I wrote Vogel about it, from a Wanganui Rangitikei point of view. If wished I would come down say a week before the 15th, but otherwise I would suggest the Luna bringing down the Taranaki members (3) and calling in at Wanganui for Bryce and me. It is just possible I may not be able to come, for I have got a touch of erysipelas, a troublesome and if neglected, dangerous complaint; - but I hope having taken it in time to be all right before Parlmeets. Will you be so good as to let me know whether this plan will suit. We are having most