such a bungle and try to evade gaving account of his doings. That is the only thing that grieving me above all things. I saw Kinross & Roy who said he was driving the sheep to the station and they both gave me very favourable accounts of him. Kinross said that young Boaler who went down with them said that they got the sheep across the Molinue [?] with the loss of only one sheep. From the port I went to the Maori feast with Kinross & others as I promised our chief friends to be their and I was much gratified to find them so loyal and our flower was the first grownd after their own. The first 10 bags I sent turned out 8 bags of very good flower and 5 of bran. I have sent the rest down, nearly 2 tons more and I expect it will be ground by this time so if we go on at the rate we are doing flower now it will last us a year. A great number of those low travelers that used to frequent the station do not come so much about now for I do not tolerate them and it is a blessing but still there is a few does come. We are as frugal as possible. Catherine has finished a box of tallow mold candles for you about 35lb weight and she is making 6 mutton ham for you and commenced a small crock of butter for you.