11 November 1868 Glenorchy My dear Donald You will be wondering I have not written you since your return from Wellington. I am certain you have plenty of annoyance and trouble with the native disturbance and I fear not likely to get over it in a hurry. It is indeed a bad busness for the country. It keeps everything back, what with the price of wool and stock it will require rigid management to be able at all to stem the tide. Sheep farming now is almost becoming a drug but it is hard to say what the next sales may do. You certainly have taken the only steps to improve the flock