where to get a suitable man - The people here are very anxious to have the New Land Transfer Act brought into force and if a good man could be got for R.M. - He might also be Advisory Counsel to the Registrar and so comply with the Act without further expense. This would be a great boon to the place and I am urging it on Gisborne you might assist by writing him about it - The two offices together would justify a salary sufficient for a good man. There is a man Allen Barrister in Wellington who wd. do, but I suppose he wd. scarcely take it - Perhaps Ferard would but Allen is the best man, as he is able, and at the same time courteous, and not quarrelsome - We have had a wonderful season, last week very heavy rains with floods in all the rivers - MrsOrmond and the children are at Wallingford I bring them down when I go up from the Nomination which is at Waipawa on the 26th of this month.