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At present Mr Briggs is carrying a line across a part of the unsurveyed land along the Tom Bell creek, to connect it with land which has been surveyed lying 8 miles from here, in order to make it possible for me to complete a group of allotments which I have promised to attend to before crossing the Mountains. He can only work sunny days on new lines, so I have to shift the work to suit the weather, which is often difficult to do with out loss of time; unfortunately it keeps ragged edges in the work, but in the end it will make no difference.

I have made 64 allotments since my last report, 44 of which are completed. The other 20 allottees will have to take the residue of their land elsewhere, the amount allotted being on creek bottoms where their improvements lay. 

As soon as I have completed a few allotments here, which I am under promise to fulfill, I shall cross the mountains, and go to Kamiah, by way of Meadow Creek, to finish up the work there. If I delay here longer, I shall arrive there just as the people are harvesting