there is likely to be spirited competition for this land. I am now putting up the Pukaha for sale on the 16th. April. I have not paid the duty of 10 per cent on this Block, hoping that we shall be able to avoid it - perhaps you will be able to have these duties under the Native Lands Act 1865 made exceptional in such cases of the Pukaha and other blocks. Wilson brought the case of Pukaha before the Judge, but it failed. I hope you will be more successful with the