Auckland. May 13th. 1872. My dear Sir, I trust you will pardon me for the liberty which I am about to take in addressing you upon a subject with which I know you must be bored. It is a request that I have never made to anyone before in my life; and it is from dire necessity that I do so now, to you. I want you to increase my salary, and make it the same amount as that which Mr. Marsden Clarke is in receipt of, viz, - £220 per annum. You are no doubt aware that