my former letters. I hope you have as I would not wish them to go into other hands. As to economy and sobriety and truthfulness depend upon it was always strictly observed by me. I am quite a different man when at busness of any kind to what you saw me in a disapointed being in Auckland. I have had many disapointments through life but thank God they never were caused by any neglect on mismanagement of my own. I feel very much now to be obliged to have come here to have to rely mostly on your kindness but let me tell you no one can take more interest in your property than I do and will only make up to you more than any expence I ever will be. At all my wish is to live in peace and get a piece of land here abouts I can call my own and I will make a living out of it and yet will be a credit to my family. If my wife will get all that belongs to us together altho but little it will make me quite well pleased as I then could get a corner on your run and looking out for your interest to rest of my days. I fondly hope you will come down this summer and see us then you will find out if I am worth having about the station. You say you have a number of trees in view for the station. I got a very fine lot of pear