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1865
| May | 18 | Out with Hooley to see colts, found three doing well. A. after horses. T. raising stone |
| 19 | Hearing a large ship the Warrior had arrived went to W's. T. at stonework A. on holiday. | |
| 20 | Went on board Warrior at 9 p.m, too dark & too rough to be safe, light rain at midnight. | |
| 21 | Sunday. Too rough to land, rain. | |
| 22 | Assisted Mr Broadhurst with sheep. | |
| 23 | Came home. | |
| 24 | Out to station. | |
| 25 | Docked 70 lambs (44 rams & 26 ewes) counted flock, made 655 (one short & 1 dead 19th) brought in horses & came home. As Connor's time is up gave him a few days leave. | |
| 26 | Wrote to Mr. J.W.[ellard] & took letter to W's to post per Warrior. | |
| 27 | Went with A. & bullocks to bring Mrs Wedge & family up from marsh, got all the bullocks bogged several times. | |
| 28 | (Sunday) Went to marsh to give order to Smith in payment for goods bou[gh]t on 27. | |
| 29 | Went down to marsh for Mrs Broadhurst, & family with A. & team, brought a load up as they had not landed. | |
| 30 | Brought up Mrs Broadhurst & family. | |
| 31 | Loaded for home, but could not find team. |
| June | 1 | Started home with 2 bullocks. Mount & party here for the night on route for Ashburton. |
| 2 | As Mount's horses had strayed, sent T. & A. & native after them, & horses up the river, sent stores to sheep station etc. etc. Tucker quarrying stone & at other work while I was away. | |
| 3 | T. opening trench in garden. A. in search of hourses. L. brot. [brought] his things from sheep station, having taken up stores the previous day. | |
| 4 | (Sunday) |
