surprised to see so much done but his man keeps the plow always going late and early. I took him over the hill and showed him the grass I sowed and raked in last year. It is really doing well. I have been sowing some this month as often as I could find time. I never go out without having some with me and to see it now spreading gaves me great heart and if I had one man with me in the season doing nothing else I do believe it would pay better than any thing I could do baring planting blue gums. They of course will be valuable in time and was I once to get 5 acres of them planted I would then be content. All the seeds I want from you is blue gum so send it by Alex if this should overtake him. Big John came here today and told us you were all well,. A quick trip. I wish my trees came down as quick if so their would not be many deaths among them. We still have a great many callers but nothing like former times for I send numbers of them away. I see no good in keeping an oppen house for all the country. They will only laugh at our folly in the end were we to do so. It has been done long enough. I bought tea and sugar to put by the shearing as I was afraid it would get higher. I told you the price of the tea in one of my former letters. The sugar was good and will coast on the station including freight about 8d. I will send you all the accounts when I will get them and what money I have paid for wages out of Riches ballance. I hope you and Alex have come to some proper arrangement about the expences and money matters if not it will be a source of great grief to me. I supose there is no use to expect you down till Governor Grey will come. We will not have much of a lambing at this time perhaps about 600 but the sheep are doing well. We