I also had to draw on Rich for £35.4.6 to settle other accounts that had to be paid. Wages & all those accounts are duly filed for your per usual when God spairs you to come down. I tried to sell some steers to pay of Smith but I could not get a price for them equal to their value for meat for station. I consider them equal to 10 wethers for station use and Rich would only gave £6 or £7 for them so it is better to kill one or two of them and save the wethers for the market. The first draft Rich got 109 wether at 18/- £98.2. Alex got in advance £50 leaving £48.2. 2nd draft 119 wethers at 19/- will be 113.1 taking £40 & £35.4.6. £161.3 from it £74.4.6 to your credit £85.18.6. I may get a sixpence more out of Rich for the last draft but I cannot get the 20/- the sheep being so small. We are working away the best we can but really things progress very slow in the hands of the working class here. You are afraid of the expence of the deviding fence. My dear brother the post are split for it and 500 of the rails and the men had it all in ..... and it is not felt like money going out as the greater part goes on the place and we cannot get the proper use of the large padock without it to protect the crop and seed grass. It is true caution is necessary till piece is restored altho I have great faith in the natives here and so has all the old hands. Renata was very much inraged at Alex taking money from Oliver and Ormond for trees supplyed them out the bush. Ormond & Oliver told him the amount and he will not let anything