sold a good maney more if he had them. I like the place much if that fellow Emsdal was cleared out but I shall let you hear more when I se you. Hopeing that will be soon. This Maraekakaho is improveing fast. It will at present keep twice the number of stock and that well the fern is disapearing fast. If this run had 40 thousand sheep on it it would not be stocked & it will soon keep a sheep per acre. The grasseed that was sown this year is doing well but it has been a fine season for grass. The s[t]ock and sheep are looking well but we have a little foot rot on the wedder flock but it has not shown among the ewes on Natarua. The wet season has been much against foot rot when you have it but it will move of[f] by time. If the runs were more divided it would be a great help. The sheep runs sometimes to close at times in large lots but divisions would prevent that and still keep more sheep. If we have a dry year or tow foot rot would disapear hear and still we should not be short of grass for the number of sheep that I mentioned as the boundaries are prety well fenced. Everything is doing well hear. Mending and fencing at present.