Poihipi people want them back. It would be a pretty mess if it turned out that it was as McDonnell reports. I am just getting away to the country but shall keep things going through the Waipuku Telegraph office for the few days I shall be away. I have told Mr. Locke to report to you from Poverty Bay any information he has. I have not told him or anyone of young McDonnell's news it wd. unsettle the operations in progress. Excuse haste and hoping Mrs. Fox and yourself are having a quiet and pleasant voyage. Yours very truly, J.D.Ormond. Please say to McLean I had nothing fresh to write since yesterday and have been kept going all day with people.