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11. Tuesday. Kite and C. H. S. packed 12 horses to Petane with wool. 



T. S. started for Napier to meet T. C. K., in order to have a look at 

 the " Okawa " ewes. T. C. K. went to Petane from Napier to meet 

 T. S. Jim at Tangoio mustering. 



12. Wednesday. T. C. K. and T. S. started for Okawa to see sheep. Kite 



and C. H. S. returned to station from Petane. 



13. Thursday. T. C. K. purchased 1500 ewes from Beamish at 4s., delivery 



to be taken on the 27th. T. C. K. and T. S. return to Napier. Kite 

 and C. H. S. took 12 pack-horses with wool to Petane. 



14. Friday. T. C. K. and T. S. in town. Start for Maraekakaho and Olrig 



to have a look at some rams for sale. Didn't reach Olrig, so stayed at 

 Maraekakaho Accommodation House for the night. C. H. S. and Kite 

 returned to Petane, taking 4 cwt. wire and oats for pack-horses. 



15. Saturday. T. C. K. and T. S. arrived at Olrig. Saw rams, but didn't 



like them. Most of them too old, and the young ones too coarse in 

 the wool, so didn't purchase. Left for Napier at 11 A.M., and arrived 

 in town at 2 P.M. C. H. S. and Kite packing wool from station 

 to Petane. 



16. Sunday. T. C. K. and T. S. in town. T. S. went to Meanee. C. H. S. 



and Kite returned to station from Petane with pack-horses and 

 brought up 4 cwt. of wire. 



17. Monday. T. S. left Napier for station. T. C. K. engaged two musterers, 



Whitehead and Rose, at 15s. per day. George and Charlie arrived 

 from the bush to repair subdivision fence. Jim returned from 

 Tangoio. C. H. S. and Kite took 12 horses to Petane with wool. 



18. Tuesday. T. C. K. in town. Kite and C. H. S. returned to station, 



taking 5 cwt. wire, 1 cwt. staples, and stores. During absence of all 

 hands dogs got loose, and killed nearly all the fowls, and worried 

 five sheep. 



19. Wednesday. Jim, Kite, and C. H. S. cleared up woolshed. Dried some 



damp wool, and pressed balance of wool on hand. Kite in afternoon 

 went to Tangoio to muster. T. J. S. arrived from town ; Whitehead 

 and Rose also arrived. George & Charlie started at subdivision 

 fence. 



20. Thursday. C. H. S., T. S., and George and Charlie, Jim, Whitehead, 



and Rose, mustered Reserve and got 89 woolly sheep, 10 long- tail 

 lambs, making total up to date 1256 lambs, and woolly sheep 

 mustered 6378. 



21. Friday. Mustered Reserve again, and got 20 woolly sheep and 4 lambs. 



All hands camped at Kaikanui for mustering Newton to-morrow. 



22. Saturday. All hands mustered Newton. Got 170 woolly sheep and 



5 lambs. Total woolly sheep mustered to date 6568, and lambs docked 

 1263. 



23. Sunday. C. H. S. went to Arapawanui for shearers. Other hands 



drafting. Put on Newton 1500 sheep: 600 ewes, 100 wethers, and 

 800 cross-bred wethers. Mustered 33 rams, and put them on Reserve 

 with 1800 ewes. Mustered Natural Paddock. T. C. K. returned from 

 town. Did not get rams. 



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