he is a little blackguard, and has been playing you false for a long time. Keep that place for Green. I shall not want him after the Council is over; and he can have that until something more permanent turns up for him. The stupid ass thinks he ought to have had the R.M.-ship here; but he is quite unfit for such a place. To-morrow I meet the Council, and have all ready for them. I have worked the last fortnight every night till 1 or 2 in the morning; and am getting very sick of it. I do not expect much trouble from the Council. The Province is doing well; revenue increasing from all sources. I must close. I am half asleep. Yours always. (Signed) J.D. Ormond.