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Monday 19th March

Fort. Quite a good parade, 50 men, this is as much as we ever have these days. Heard that the Levies are
to be disbanded. Lovely day but getting quite hot in the sun. Court, didnt have many cases & afterwards
went to the customs & discussed the sheep, which are suffering from some sort of epidemic also other
matters. Sh A came in with a letter from Hick complaining that the markets are dirty - he should have
seen them in the old days! Wafia came after lunch to help M prepare a speech for the party the girls are
giving her. Arranged the flowers, the gardens are looking very nice, about 30 different sorts of flowers in
bloom & many more not yet out. Church Appeal Committee meeting then cocktail party at Snows, just a
few people and then dinner with the Birds, a pleasant young couple.

Tuesday 20th March

Didnt go to the Fort, cool weather still. HH didnt come in - out hunting. Had a long talk with Parker
about land areas then saw Thornton & Pinfold about the new automatic telephone installation & then
Meikle and Leigh about rice & moving some electric standards. Hick heard, from Airways, that the
Viceroy & party are coming through tomorrow, he himself has heard nothing of this. A great fuss about it
as nobody knows whether they will stop here long. Rode with Ham pm, James came but turned back.
Went to the Port Fort & back, very pleasant riding. M went to a big party given by the schools to