home yet. Mr Lowrey was over here before I came home wanting to see me and he invited Miss McDougall to go over their and said he would come for her. Shall we let her go. I dread the idair. She will do us no good in this plase. I do believe it is far better to send her home or let her go to Otago and do as she pleases. I want to get her out of Alex way. Ormond has bought 124 acres from Mr Lowrey and he came here to see if I would let him stay at the whary till he built his house on it. I will let him do so for six months and no longer as by that time we may want the wharie. He says that every thing will go on well with you and that all your arrangements will