to Mr. and Miss Porter, it will be rather an odd relationship when the young Powel's and Porters make their appearance, This place is going fast a head as the Yankee's say, the population, including the Rangatike is upwards of eleven hundred and the little town is much increased in size, Taylor and Watt have build an immense store nothing like it on this side of Auckland and they have three vessels running between this and Sydney and the country is beginning to have a more cultivated appearance tho nothing like Taranaki. remember me to all old friends and believe me ever Most sincerely yours W. Campbell