Confidential. Auckland. Sept. 7th. 1871, My dear Mr. McLean, I am anxiously looking for an opportunity of returning to Tauranga. Mair has also been here from Waikato we have consulted together regarding the Tauranga land cases we heard and the decisions in every case are to my mind satisfactory. I wished to see him before he went to Te Kuiti and the delays by Te Wheoro and party have given me an opportunity of doing so and of talking over the matter. I have impressed him with the fact that his chief duty is to Any question he may be asked he can reply to only in a general way so as not to compromise the Government in any way. The natives were rather anxious that I should go too but I told Mair that it was out of the question. I think the meeting will be a failure. The friendlies are very lukewarm