Auckland Sept. 3rd. 1860 My dear Sir, I have this morning received your note covering the semi-official letters bearing my address and opened by you. I wish you had read them. One contained a very interesting account (by my father) of a Meeting recently held by the Kaiapoi natives to consider the propriety of assisting the Europeans to raise a Taranaki Relief Fund. Much good feeling was elicited, and subscription lists at once det on foot. Upwards of £20 has already been raised by them!