threaten to shoot them and unless they are removed shortly it is most likely the threat will be carried into execution - when I consider the losses by rua's together with the frequent demands on the owner's purse for damages, I hardly think the herd a profitable investment and yet if it were not, surely they would not keep it on through all the bother and trouble which it entails. Tamati Waka's affair is lost in the all absorbing topic of land and better not revived at all events just now, the letter which is also enclosed was written in consequence of a conversation I had with him, perhaps it would be as well to notice his admission on account of his being a married man because beyond that it would be difficult to bring the charge home to him - on this matter as well as all others you know best. The Abstracts for rent are forwarded for your signature but since one object for which the house was taken as a Barracks, namely as a residence for yourself has