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he would put it all correct. It was the same last year. He wanted to make me believe I made a mistake in the number of bales. In fact one night he almost made me believe I did. That sort of way of course made me very unhappy and left me quite disconsolate many a time and I told him then that my belief was that he must have done something wrong with the bales at the port for I would not make a mistake of 3 bales. However you got my last year's account and of course I did not get the weight for I was not allowed to do so. He always said he would look after that this year I was determined to try and have things correct but you see above that I was sadly disapointed for he told Walker he would look after the weight of that load. However I went this time to Mr Smith and got the weight of[f] his books, also to Stewart Kinross and got the weight of[f] them. They were not willing to gave it me but I told them I could not settle with the dray man without the weight. I am not quite certain of Steward Kinross weight but as I will have to go down to the port when the trees come I will get them to gave me a coppy and send it again but I do not think that the weights in my letter of yesterday is far wrong. It grieves me to the very heart to find matters this way but I never thought he would take upon himself to sell wool without accounting for it from the way he

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