Auckland Jan. 8th./72 My dear Gisborne, The Nebraska is in at last just as everybody was giving her.up. Vogel will go on by her I think altho he was hesitating when I saw him an hour ago whether he wd. not wait for the Hero. However Webb will press him to go and it is better he should. I have just lately telegraphed you things are going on tolerably satisfactorily. Today I have written Brogden requesting him to proceed with the portion of the Auckland to Waikato Railway nearest Auckland i.e. from Fort Brittomart to Newmarket. What is known as the Tunnel line (the old line) has been adopted. This enables Brogden to commence work which was necessary as he was getting very fidjetty. On Thursday I go to Bay of Islands with Brogden, Gillies, Whittaker, Henderson, and Carruthers to settle