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of tha Tuapeha Tltries.) toPP? to find that tha 3,000 ope 3) oq Mr. Smith's' run relieved some of the settlers "apre especially as they hare Is bad fix for some time baok. Tf <4ro *- cpui or a horse, they are <Ka watch then! night aa 7 *° present their crossing the creepiest they should be driven to tho pound, or their owners summoned for trespassing, or tha cattle cut to pieces with a stock whip. They are still in the same plight abovo and below this 3,090 acros. From the foot of Munroe'a Gully downwards thare are a great many hardworking, industrious people, mostly with families, who ' have built comfortable houses, and taken iv all the'lahd they could get, the most of them possessing, a few cqwb or-hordea ; but they cannot be happy, m thay ar» alway3 uneasy about their cows or horses, in casa they should cross the creek. Wo hava indeed a gruat dread for the crack of a stock whip, which makes us look round for our cows, as we of ten lind them '•with very bad cuts on them. At tlili ;rate thera is vory poor enoourajomeiit for v? to try and mako a homo hero, for although wo see tho hilta all op<3u befow US, we, are debarred fi?o.in .keeping q,' cow.

It is evident that if the land is not thrown open for commonage as well as agricultural purposes, we cannot make a living by farming. I hope the Land League will be successful, and g6t both of the runs thrown open ; and I think Mr. Bastings and the Committee deserve great credit for their exertions ( in forwarding the interests of the League for the benefit of the district! — I 'remain, &c, A Cockatoo.