I was glad to see by the division on Collins' motion about Telegraph that you had so good a majority - However you will find out little as to the real feeling of the House until the Finance comes on - it is there that the real tug of war will come - Maddock has shewn me this morning an arrangement he has made about part of your Run - He says the Natives would not lease and that nothing more could be got from them. It seemed to me, as he read it, rather a loose arrangement. I have nothing fresh from Ropata but expect to hear very shortly the weather has been very favorable up to yesterday when it came on cold again. The row between Maddock and Lord occupied the Benc today - There were two summonses one by Lord for assault the Bench fined Maddock ten shillings - The other was by Haddock to recover Whip or its value being the Whip he cut Lord's face with, and which Lord got possession of - The Bench awarded 5/s the value of the Whip and so ends that business, which as you may suppose has caused no end of commotion in this little place. In old Hapuku's