Octavius Hadfield
[extract from letter written by Octavius Hadfield]
I hope your country work will enable you to shake off the political dust of Parliament which you have been breathing. How are your sheep and lambs? I am afraid wool is very low. It appears from home papers that the supply begins to exceed the demand. Have any of our merchants tried to ascertain whether a market might not be found in Japan to which it might be shipped direct?