11 April 1871 Glenorchy My dear Donald Having built a very nice cottage worth about £250 with my own labour with the carpenter who is to get his part of the contract £83 and having no way of selling what produce I have till June when I will have 1/2 ton bacon etc I am going largely into honey and hope next year to have about 1 1/2 tons at the very least. I had 350 lb last year for which I got 5 1/2d at Napier and I have sent down 5 cwt last week for which they onley offer me 4 1/2d there fore the 500 I have to take I intend to send home through some of the Napier merchants if they will gave me 4d in