cultivations about Omata are now becoming numerous; and whenever the people living there catch any stock near, they set to and dog them, so that the cattle being driven about from one to the other, have thriven so ill that it is necessary to remove them. The "Governor Grey" came in yesterday from Wanganui, and I will most probably be able to send this letter on her return. The "Grey" sailed while I was writing the above, so this must go by the Overland Mail. Should the young Bull be pure Durham, and horned, my Father will have no objection to go as high as Twenty pounds for him, taking for granted that you will make the best bargain you can; and he also desires me to ask you whether the beast is at Wairarapa or Rangitikei,