Auckland, 11th April, 1847. Donald McLean Esquire. My dear Sir, It gave me much pleasure here two days since to receive your letter of the 15th Ultimo; and please accept of my best thanks for your information respecting the Mill wright and Mill stones. The Mill wright whom I have at present employed here will I think conclude the works he has undertaken - that is to finish one Mill: therefore be so good as to say to Mr. Richard Randle - that at a future time I may be glad to avail myself of his services - and in the mean time thank him for the tender. The Mill stones I may very probably require some by and by, of which I will take the liberty to give you due notice. For the Mill which I am putting up now - in payment to Natives for dragging out my spars - I have purchased French Burr stones - because I could get no other kind. Nearly all the able bodied men of Coromandel Harbor are hauling out spars for me at Wangapona in payment for the Mill. Wangapona you may remember lies N.E. from Cor. Har. and North of Mercury Bay on the East Coast. I rejoice to think that our Maori brethren will be kept under at an enormous expence to Government. The time was when things could have been better managed otherwise. But let us get all the money now we can from misrule and crown humbug. I cannot think that New Zealand will - for many years be a desirable place for respectable emigrants. From my Waipa claims, I do not expect ever to derive much if any good. The interference of Government has put a stop to that enterprise that once existed to stock the country with herds and flocks - Te "Waru", at