easy - I have been obliged to make a supplementary Requisition for £4000 - Preeces Taupo men alone will pollish off £4,300 I am quite rejoiced at the result of the plan adopted of keeping a force always moving on the Urewera frontier - It is now bearing fruit - You will be able to make a splendid case for the house - I hope that I shall be able to do all my work properly I am rather seedy still - Yours very faithfully Hy.T. Clarke P. S. My brother Hopkin arrived here this morning with his family and household stuff. H.T.C.