I think a few hours conversation with you would clear up this imbroglio so I do hope you will meet me at Akitio. I will write to you by this Mail if possible, indicating the blocks respecting which information is required. I hear today that His Majesty King Matutaere has sent down 1 Waikatos to Wanganui to insist upon old Abraham and the other miscreants handing over the Waitotere to the Q een - as fairly purchased - Old Strang looks 20 years younger after his flirtation with the Widows of Wanganui. Yours faithfully I. E. Featherston