going on as there was -- the Act of last session has met most of the difficulties. Karaitiana has not completed the sale of the Kuramu Block. All the other grantees have signed but he hangs back. We are having dreadfully hot weather here but the country looks splendid. My wife and children are at Wallingford and I had fully hoped to have got away for a couple of weeks to have joined them but of course cannot leave until some end is brought to present operations -- if I hear of Kooti being caught I shall go off at once for 2 weeks in the country. Hoping you are keeping well under your work and that the end we are both working for may be attained. Always, Yours very sincerely, J.D. Ormond.