The amount of water which came in was sufficient to cause a suspension of work, which he thought might be only temporary; but he could not speak with certainty in regard to that.

But the most serious part of his communication is this:" Mr.Fenwick took a letter from his desk, and read:-- "The worst feature of the case is the lack of funds.

The Government officials have demanded the immediate payment of the second, third, and fourth instalments due on the Company's grant of land, and have announced their purpose to seize upon all the effects here, and declare a forfeiture, unless these dues are forthcoming at the end of the present month.

Mr.Lyon is greatly troubled, but mysterious.
He has not, from the first day of his arrival out up to the present moment, admitted any one fully into his counsels.

I know he has been seriously hampered for lack of funds, but was not aware, until now, that the second and third instalments of purchase-money remained unpaid; and my knowledge of this, and the impending danger from the Government, was only acquired through accident.