Marianne briefly writes of Jane Clarke who had been "ushered from her suffering and died very happily about a fortnight ago." She also writes of Charley Th[illegible] who broke his leg while Henry Williams was in Waimate causing a delay in his being able to set it. Miss Purchase, who was staying with Lydia while her husband was in England, is also mentioned. Marianne goes on to expresses her sympathy for Kates Aunt Maria, whose daughter Emily's fits had become progressively longer and more aggressive. Finally, she writes of her eldest daughter Marianne, who had gone to visit the Busby's at Waitangi with Kathleen for a change of air.