Wellington 16th. May 1874. My dear Mr. McLean, I have not been able to make any communication to you in reference to native affairs for one very good reason. I have not known where to address my letters. I now hear that you are at the Union Club Sydney. Native matters are going on smoothly but one or two occurrences have caused a little anxiety which I will shortly state. 1st. You will remember that just on your leaving for Sydney our Surveyors were stopped near Waingongoro. I set the telegraph to work to ascertain the cause and am happy to tell you that the misunderstanding simply arose from what I consider Captn. Blakes neglect of duty when this was discovered it was easy to remedy what I feared at one time had some political significance. Parris set all things