Auckland August 11th. 1870. My dear Mr. McLean, Everything is quiet. Got letters yesterday from Tauranga and Opotiki - all quiet and road works progressing as well as Telegraph. Gilbert Mair has been obliged to bring his men out to be paid. He brought them through the Rotorua and Tauranga Forest. He says that the line surveyed will make a "splendid road if properly carried out" - and will