of the settlement you have made I have only one piece of advice to give and that is to have the Reserves immediately marked out and surveyed I daresay you have done this if not it is worth doing without delay - About Grindell his License ought to be cancelled it is a disgrace to have such a person nominally in the service of the Govt. I think you over rate his powers of mischief he is too far gone to do any harm, he is spoken of everywhere now by the natives as a Porore and no heed is taken of him - I wd. rather be free of any connection with him in the Manawatu purchase than otherwise. He can do no good and he may do harm if supported by the Govt.employment - Rogan tells me he called him a liar and every other term he could lay his tongue to - He must have been very bad for a decent fellow like Rogan to complain officially of him - Cooper can tell you more - Rogan is very proud of managing the Poverty Bay business - It seems Fenton sent him down because a failure was expected and Rogan has turned the tables on him - I have no doubt you ought to come here and see after your own matters which I believe require it - It is wonderful how this work engrosses one and yet it is right it shd. be so - No mans work is worth anything who is not devoted to it - still it is very trying and neglect of private affairs is a serious consideration in such times as these - So far as